Just look at that rear engine subframe in the picture. Does that huge piece of heavy ass (I pulled mine off) metal really look like it's going to get much stiffer with an extra piece of tubing attached? GS-R's (and probably Type R's) come with a stiffening brace that goes above the engine subframe and would pass between the top and middle red bars in the picture but it's above and out of the way. I didn't really notice any difference when I installed mine. I installed the complete GS-R subframe so I could use the GS-R steering rack in place of my CX's long ratio rack.

 

Yeah that's where I thought this was going..... I was just kinda wondering if it was something new or just something that no one really cared for....seems like it was the later.....

Thanks guys.

 

Yeah that thing does look pretty damn solid.....hmmmmm