homemade bobble strut

[The1SloR_T]

bobble strut= a torque brace to limit movement on a neon…

few months ago my stock one broke… so fabbed together a (solid) bobble strut, still using it and it works fine… just the bushings i used were too small and not firm enough, causing it to wear out FAST.

old style—

well tonight i was bored and decided to fab another one up.
used thicker thread and MUCH better bushings ( even tho im still missing 1, they only had one at the store) and MUCH better welds…

heres what it looks like just missing 1 bushing

No more wheel hop:bigthumb: I cant wait to install this new one

[Quik]

we should change your name to bazooka jeff

[whitey]

good work, the second piece shows much improvement!

[The1SloR_T]

im still no chip foose but my versions are getting better and better.

theres 2 people that make (performance) versions of the bobble strut, 1 is very simple with no bushings and is completely solid… Vibrates like hell too
$=$32 shipped he sells those for

the other one, which is a very nice peice is built better and has bushings to cut back on vibrations…
he sells those for around $75 shipped…

i spent $5.11 in materials building this one, i just need another $0.30 bushing

the first one i made doesnt vibrate that much, def notice a difference but nothing HORRIBLE. Im expecting a little more vibes from this setup but nothing i couldnt get used to

[The1SloR_T]

Finished Product.

theres like 7 people that want me to make these…

if theres anyone on the board with a neon that wants one, let me know i think im going to start makin them

[DTMVENG24]

Nice work.

[slowcamaro]

@DTMVENG24

Nice work.

x2

[Pewter]

x tree

[The1SloR_T]

:eek:

i just got contacted by a guy that runs a shop in florida, said that theres alot of neons down there that would pay good money for these…

he wants me to make a whole bunch and sell them to him for 45 or so a peice, then he’s going to sell them for 60 a peice… hell! i’ll make 2 a day and ship them all down at once and make like 2700 bucks out of the deal

[Quik]

watch using all thread, it can bend under load/force. if possible use drill rod and thread as much as you need. this would be stronger since less metal is taking off for useless threads along with drill rod is a stronger metal

[bics56]

one thing I will give props on is not dumping money for performance parts on a gay neon. so props to slowr/t

[SMort38]

do you have a picture of one of these things installed? i dont really understand what it does.

[The1SloR_T]

@Quik

watch using all thread, it can bend under load/force. if possible use drill rod and thread as much as you need. this would be stronger since less metal is taking off for useless threads along with drill rod is a stronger metal

what i did was used tube steel, then slid the thread into it… im going to improve it more and use longer steel tube to make it a little more stronger.

im also going to make a solid bottom so i dont have to use the peice off of stock bobbles…

@SMort38

do you have a picture of one of these things installed? i dont really understand what it does.

Its like a transmission mount, rear transaxle to k-frame shock mount
i have deyeme racing mounts, but needed a little more support

[F-B-A]

cover your ass with a contract or insurance, cause when 1 breaks they’ll be looking for you, just my .02cents

[The1SloR_T]

@first-bass

cover your ass with a contract or insurance, cause when 1 breaks they’ll be looking for you, just my .02cents

and how many neons can you think of off the top of your head that have that much torque? lol

but with over 2g’s im def buying my top and bottom end build kits…

[The1SloR_T]

new final version




worked out a few kinks and such and improved the strength

[BlackZ28]

looks pretty professional, nice job!

[The1SloR_T]

Tweeked it again, and now I have access to poly urathene bushings.

this is the last and final version:

i look back at the old pics and wow… did it come a long way

[VictorSmalls]

You plan on selling these to the Neon guys?

[The1SloR_T]

yep.