Which is now effectively bumping the old post.
Stop it. There's not enough traffic on here that you have to do this, and all you succeed in doing is annoying the moderators. And you really don't want that to happen.
You'll punch the top out of the top mounts. Bracing won't cut it, you would want to fabricate turrets a la group 4 Escort fashion.
Personally after racing a 25 for many years you'd be better off sorting a really good leaf pack set up. It's not a dark art.
They're a good thing. Can be a bit understeery though, particularly when things get tight.
Given my occupation, you should hope that I know about things like that. Worked off those Bays in the early days of Virgin.