After many days ..weeks and many sleepless nights I can finally show the strut brace I have developed for the stilo this is a total redesigning of the omp brace which I think many will agree is not as good as it could be and indeed falls short in many ways ..on mine it has 3 point adjustment and as you can see it doesn't have to be completely removed to do any engine work on the car ..just pop two bolts and lift off and remove leaving the turret mounts still in place ..this is a prototype and will now undergo testing and further refining ..pics below :)

Very nice indeedy Phil - JTD/Selespeed friendly ???

will look at the pics when i get home but well done phil. i know you have worked hard on this.

abz i think it is for the 2.4 where the ecu and/or selespeed reservoir get in the way of the omp brace.

phil doesnt think the jtd needs one :(

It should fit the 2.4 manual cars and as for the jtd we will be supplying a plate to lower the fuel filter as part and parcel of the brace all the other models its a staight fit on jobby :)

have you/can you see if it fits the jtd?

It should fit after the fuel filter has been moved .. the cross bar on the brace sits slightly lower than the OMP brace but when an opportunity arises I will try it on a jtd for you ..one important factor is that it doesn't touch anything like wiring harnesses and the like and that was one big fault on the OMP one also the mount on the drivers side of the car has been made so that it fits the newer models that have a revised top mountings on the expansion tank ::) why fiat changed this I don't know ..all I can think of is maybe they were bored and needed some thing to occupy their time ::)

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phil doesnt think the jtd needs one :(
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Really - why ???

On the jtd as we all know the fuel filter gets in the way ..this is easily overcome by fitting a mounting plate inplace where the fuel filter is located and then mounting the filter on this plate ..to make a brace that would fit over the fuel filter would mean that the bonet would not close as the brace would be to high ..this is also the reason why the brace will not fit the 2.4 sillyspeed models as well also it has been found that on the earlier and later 2.4 cars the engine is located in different positions and the later models are slightly further back in the engine bay >:(