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Originally Posted by aerobod
The torque in the chassis around it's axis is still reacted to the ground via the strut towers and springs and the forces are reacted through the brace via the three mounting bolts on the top of each strut tower. So although twisting due to driveline torque or deflection due to suspension loading may both create load on the brace via the towers, the stiffening effect of the brace stays the same.
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Shocks and struts dissipate the load, they don't eliminate it. I'd argue that chassis torque load during turn in/out is much higher than sheer on the crossbeam. Got some FEM software?