TBSTi Steering
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:46 pmHi All,
Forgive me if the answer is on here somewhere already, but I've tried searching to no avail.
I test-drove a 2006 GT TBSTi recently and it had really great steering feel. In the end I decided it was a bit hard-riding for a family car, but I'd love to get some of that feel on my MY07 GTB.
This history page suggests the MY05/06 TBSTi's front strut brace and rear lateral link set are responsible for the sharper steering:
https://www.mrtperformance.com.au/resou ... erty-turbo
Do you agree? There are so many posts saying how strut braces are waste-of-time pieces of engine bay candy, it's hard to sort fact from fiction.
My suspicion is that bushes (esp. LCA bushes) may have played a large part in the TBSTi's superior feel - am I correct in guessing STi swapped a lot of the rubber ones out for poly?
Anyway I'd be interested to hear from people who have installed any of these parts in a regular Lib about what they think works best...the steering of the TBSTi was really good.
Forgive me if the answer is on here somewhere already, but I've tried searching to no avail.
I test-drove a 2006 GT TBSTi recently and it had really great steering feel. In the end I decided it was a bit hard-riding for a family car, but I'd love to get some of that feel on my MY07 GTB.
This history page suggests the MY05/06 TBSTi's front strut brace and rear lateral link set are responsible for the sharper steering:
https://www.mrtperformance.com.au/resou ... erty-turbo
Do you agree? There are so many posts saying how strut braces are waste-of-time pieces of engine bay candy, it's hard to sort fact from fiction.
My suspicion is that bushes (esp. LCA bushes) may have played a large part in the TBSTi's superior feel - am I correct in guessing STi swapped a lot of the rubber ones out for poly?
Anyway I'd be interested to hear from people who have installed any of these parts in a regular Lib about what they think works best...the steering of the TBSTi was really good.
