dbirdhouse1

A. Make sense for such a vehicle (cut down on bump shutter...) between the two front shock towers?

B. Brand recommendations

RicK T

No.

Suspension is nothing like a strut. The veh weight is supported by the transverse leaf spring mounted way down low, under the engine. Shocks only control the spring movement.

I you are detecting shudder, you have something else going on.

wayback

I thought strut bars were to help control body flex and keep the steering geometry correct. Used in crappy mustangs and such. No need for it in a C6.

Kent1999

C6 doesn't have struts.

True double wishbones; force directed through the C6's very stout frame, not a flexy unibody. No need for the strut tower bars you see on unibody cars.

Joe B.

C6 structural stiffness was designed for a 'vert first as were the '97-'04's.
AFAIK

Not So Fast

Isn't that a "Mustang" thing
NSF

Grimlock13

with the rest of them. Plus tell me how that would connect? The shock towers do not come up to the engine bay like a strut based unibody.

Guard Dad

The structure of the Corvette is nothing like most other cars. While reinforcing the chassis is possible you don't see much discussion of it because it is rarely deemed necessary and doesn't lend itself to the typical add on solutions. For all out competition the usual structural enhancement is a full roll cage.

Don-Vette

HOXXOH

I thought strut bars were just taverns for cocky patrons.

Guard Dad

Back to the OP's original question. The Corvette uses a frame rather than a unibody. Additionally, the Corvette uses a transverse leaf spring that feeds the spring loads to the lower front portion of the chassis whereas the typical unibody with a strut suspension feeds the spring loads into the upper sides of the engine compartment.

In a unibody a strut bar links (and reinforces) the structural upper sides of the unibody reducing flex and vibration. The upper sides of the Corvette's engine compartment are non structural composite plastic, essentially they are plastic fender liners. Installing a strut brace on a Corvette would serve no purpose because this is not a structural portion of the car, you would be adding weight for no purpose.

I hope this answers your question.

cclive

The C6 structure is so stiff that bracing like that would serve no purpose, except needless weight.

08velocity

perfect explanation of strut bar, and it's not just a " mustang thing"

simplegto

Ricers and other Shoebox sports car wanabees use them

Guard Dad

Well there is the "wanna be" factor. As an aside, I notice a bit of additional chassis flex in my GS when the roof is off of the car. It's not like the C6 has no flex, its that the car is know to have a sufficiently robust chassis, in all its forms, to provide an excellent basis for performance applications.

simplegto

There is no strut, no strut tower and no place to put a brace on a Corvette. It is what it is and a roll cage is your only option.