Might be a debatable topic but after seeing GS's brace I couldnt resist

Just unboxed it today & it really looks & feels stout. Will put it on this weekend

I would have liked to have measured the firewall flex using a dial indicator to confirm the movement. Some say there is approx .125" of flex

 

Just seems like extra weight to me, you'll have to let us know if theirs any net benefit.

 

bump let us know

 

Did a non scientific test tonight. Had my wife depress the brake pedal while I watched the MS move in the engine bay

No doubt it moves. Im sure that brace you bought will reduce that

Post a pic after its installed

 

I had one on my 2011 WRX, which had a terribly thin firewall, so it was very necessary.

I'm not sure about the firewall on the Evo, but Grimmspeed has high quality parts.

 

i have one, it felt more solid. imo, no difference during normal driving but during autox and hard braking it "seemed" like it did what its suppose to do.

one thing i didnt like is that lil red thing should have been made 1 piece with the bolt.

 

I have mine on for about 2 weeks...It is a heavy weighted piece. I wish it was lighter. My pedal seems firmer and I recommend this piece. I did research trying to find others for a Lancer Evo, and really couldn't find any at all, so I got the Grimmspeed piece.

 

On that note for those of you whom are getting cages or have access to a fab guy I'd make your own bracket during that time. My guy made a simple one that connects under the MC. I'd not a big fan of having anything between the strut bar and the tower.

 

I've had this for a while and I've enjoyed it:

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ve...pressions.html

 

I was just gonna buy one today, I wanna know if its gonna be worth it

 

After having a not so stiff pedal on my track car Eclipse and learning about master cylinder braces for other cars (in fact I think it was the evo X pieces that piqued my interest) I too looked at my firewall and saw huge movement. I had a brace fabricated and it made a MASSIVE improvement in the pedal feel. I suspect my firewall had degraded/weakened over time (it's a 16 year old car after all) but thought I would offer up that in concept CAN help, and drastically at that.

 

Night and day difference in pedal feel in the bottom half of the range of travel.

I just tracked my car for the first time with it this past weekend, so happy I picked it up. Now for cooling ducts...

 

Only other one I have seen is the Cusco front strut tower brace that has a brace fabricated into the strut tower mount.

 

Put the dial indicator on it & measured approx .040. Was not the perfect measurement setup but took numerous readings. That was with my light weight wife on the pedal w/the engine on
Curious if the car was moving w/a hard brake application if the movement would be greater

Anyway, mounted it up. Took approx 1/2 hour

 

Nice job there Joe on the measurement

Not sure that .040 is worth the needed correction