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Originally Posted by Anthony1s
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Originally Posted by Bee Pee
M2 has single simple strut brace wheras M2C shares superior/stiffer alloy brace from other F8x cars.
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So the aluminum M2C brace I believe is less stiff than the M2 brace.
Reason being that aluminum, steel, and titanium all have the same stiffeness to weight ratio. So the M2 steel brace is therefore stiffer since it weighs more.
What the M2C aluminum brace loses, it makes up for in the addition of the carbon fiber brace. Carbon fiber has a much higher stiffeness to weight ratio. So you end up with something which I assume is the same or stiffer than the M2 steel, but much lighter weight.
This is why I don't recommend people who convert the M2 to the M2C bracing to skip running the carbon strut bar.
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After swapping out oem firewall braces on my OGM2, I ran just alloy brace (2 large locator spigots thicker section cw double the fixing points compared to 2 simple steel braces) for awhile until I sourced CFRP brace.
Alloy brace only definitely helped front end response more so than oem firewall braces.