sway bar weight?
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Melting Slicks
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From: Gainesville Fl
sway bar weight?
how much do these things weigh? i know a lot of serious guys take them off to drag race but just curious how much stock ones weigh. i know heavy duty aftermarket performance ones weigh more
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From: Everyday you must choose between the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Fredericktown, OH
Man, you are really getting your post count up by asking every single weight question in a different post. 
Melting Slicks
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From: Hewitt NJ
Originally Posted by 1996man
how much do these things weigh? i know a lot of serious guys take them off to drag race but just curious how much stock ones weigh. i know heavy duty aftermarket performance ones weigh more
I have a stock Z07 (30mm) front sway bar in my garage right now waiting to be installed. Just by picking it up I can tell you that it probably weighs around 25 lbs.
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From: Lacey WA RVN 68-69
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The front bat on my 87 Z52 car is solid and I think it weighs about 30-35lbs. The rear bar is tubular and weighs about 10 libs. Base suspension Vettes had tubular front bars so the weight of those versions would be about 15-20lbs.
The front bar is not that easy to remove completely from the car. Unbolting the bar from the lower control arms help for drag racing as the front control arms are not held back by the friction of the swaybar bushings on the bar thus allowing for somewhat quicker weight transfer.
Having the bar disconncted for street driving will seriously degrade handling.
The front bar is not that easy to remove completely from the car. Unbolting the bar from the lower control arms help for drag racing as the front control arms are not held back by the friction of the swaybar bushings on the bar thus allowing for somewhat quicker weight transfer.
Having the bar disconncted for street driving will seriously degrade handling.
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From: Everyday you must choose between the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Fredericktown, OH
Originally Posted by 1996man
LT-4 CE i find i get better answers this way!
thanks for the info! i had no idea they weighed that much! how does not having it on there help weight transfer?
thanks for the info! i had no idea they weighed that much! how does not having it on there help weight transfer?
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From: Exit 89 GSP,Lakewood,NJ The Land Of Mojo
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It's been a while, but my bar didn't weigh 30 lbs, maybe 10.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Stamping Ground KY
Total weight reduction is only half the answer. In a 2wd vehicle your maximum acceleration is limited to the % of weight over the driving tires.
Removing weight from the front of a vet is more benifitial than removing weight from the back.
This is a big part of the reason why the porsche 911 can run the 1/4 in the same time as a vet with much more horsepower, because the engine is in the back, giving it a much better weight ratio for the back wheels (and less inertial weight to transfer from the front to the back).
Removing weight from the front of a vet is more benifitial than removing weight from the back.
This is a big part of the reason why the porsche 911 can run the 1/4 in the same time as a vet with much more horsepower, because the engine is in the back, giving it a much better weight ratio for the back wheels (and less inertial weight to transfer from the front to the back).
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From: Dallas Tx
Weights on my 95 bars (all GM)
Front 26mm Tubular (stock) 5.5#
30mm Solid Z51 15#
Rear 24mm Solid (stock) 13.5#
26mm Solid Z51 14.5#
Note how much weight is saved with a tubular bar !!
Wish there was a 300mm Tubular for the C4.
Front 26mm Tubular (stock) 5.5#
30mm Solid Z51 15#
Rear 24mm Solid (stock) 13.5#
26mm Solid Z51 14.5#
Note how much weight is saved with a tubular bar !!
Wish there was a 300mm Tubular for the C4.
