The 14 Car Performance Therapy Project Rushforths, Baers, Yokohamas, and more

[NOT A TA]

Originally Posted by Doug1

I've got the passenger side drilled out and coated yesterday with sealer. Will be ready for the drivers side soon. Hopefully, I got it right. :-) I used every hole so I'm short a couple of 1" bolts because of that but no biggie. I'm going today to see if the supply house here has shouldered bolts in stainless so I can use those.

Narrow plates on passengers side and holes are slightly off center so you can flip them end to end or top & bottom for better fit against the short right angle lip on various cars. Wide ones on drivers side. The one notched for the wiper recess there is only one way it fits. Note bolt pattern for top plate in pic below so it lines up with the notched bottom plate. And be careful not to drop a nut down the side of the cowl. If you're short bolts I fear you tried to put a wide plate on each side. They're designed to get the most support we can without interfering with the stock plastic cowl screen or the 70-76 hood/cowl gasket.

[OLDFLM]

Originally Posted by NOT A TA

Narrow plates on passengers side and holes are slightly off center so you can flip them end to end or top & bottom for better fit against the short right angle lip on various cars. Wide ones on drivers side. The one notched for the wiper recess there is only one way it fits. Note bolt pattern for top plate in pic below so it lines up with the notched bottom plate. And be careful not to drop a nut down the side of the cowl. If you're short bolts I fear you tried to put a wide plate on each side. They're designed to get the most support we can without interfering with the stock plastic cowl screen or the 70-76 hood/cowl gasket.

Man, I need these... I still have my orginal (non-adjustable) G-braces.
GREAT products you've developed my friend!! Filling a much needed niche for our cars!

[Doug1]

John,

I did just what you suspected. Guess I need to decide if I should use another top plate or fix the holes and go back with your original design.

On another note, do you know what billet hinges would fit with G-Braces?

Doug

[NOT A TA]

Originally Posted by Doug1

John,

I did just what you suspected. Guess I need to decide if I should use another top plate or fix the holes and go back with your original design.

On another note, do you know what billet hinges would fit with G-Braces?

Doug

You can use a drivers side top plate on the passengers if you want. Will make it better as far as strength goes but you'll have the interference issue with the plastic cowl grill if you're using one. Can send another drivers side top plate & the extra hardware you'll need. Call me.

IIRC we put Fesler hinges in Ty's car and he's got the original G-braces he mentioned in his post above so I'd send him a PM and maybe he can give you a solid answer.

[Terryd]

A serious amount of engineering going on here!
Fantastic job. Thanks for sharing. Tons of valuable info and ideas.
Just a great build!