Edelbrock makes a 3-point for the S197;
http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_...mponents.shtml
it won't fit the V6, according to a tech support person the

"Thank you for your response, Chris.

I found the listing at AJUSA and supposed it was accurate:
http://www.ajusa.com/details/index/2...0/0/EDE%205223

Good thing I waited to order, eh?

Thanks again,

Frank S "

"Chris Rowe wrote:
> Frank,
> Our 5223 strut tower brace will not fit the V6 model.
>
> For all replies please include the ORIGINAL Email.
> Thanks - Chris Rowe, Edelbrock Tech Dept. "


I started with a BMR brace which made significant differences in
cowl-shake on a particularly rough section of street near here. I did
a before-after-before comparison, and it was clearly worth about 60%
reduction in the annoy factor; from "Omeingott is it going to come
apart", to barely tolerable.

My second bar is the Shelby eight-nuts model that is affixed to the
towers on all studs, four per tower, and "locks-on" to the wrinkle in
the tower-mounting surface.

http://www.shelbyperformanceparts.co...r%20Brace.aspx

I can't tesitfy as to the change in actual shake-reduction over the
same surface as the BMR because the City fixed the patch, but it
/seems/ tighter yet than the previous brace. It definitely weighs at
least twice what the single-bar four-nut version weighs. Previous
catalogs listed a 40-dollar cheaper version without the Shelby plate,
but I tried to order one and they said "not available".

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/...da797a6a_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/...cee48d0f_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/...2affcd36_o.jpg

All said and done, I believe the braces - any kind - are worth the
trouble on the convertible, but not so much on the coupe.

--
Frank ess


Itsfrom Click wrote:
> Thanks for the comments. I'm perplexed too: maybe it's the
> expectation that there wouldn't be any cowl shake after all the
> hype. And, seems worse with the top up than down, unlike other
> cars I've had. "Course, although the suspension is stil mild, it's
> probably tighter than the V6.
>
> Yes, my past cars had tower-to-cowl braces: doesn't look like a
> bolt-in is possible with this body. I see braces from $60 to
> $200......guess it won't hurt to put one on - and I'll have
> something to lean on when detailing the engine!
>
> BTW.......used to have one of those Continental 4 door
> converts......beautiful car. Sort of scary when you put the top
> down and opened all the doors and saw how little structure there
> was to it. But never a shake, wiggle or rattle. But it weighed
> 5500 pounds!