Front Sway Bar !!!!!!!!!!
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From: lafayette louisiana
Front Sway Bar !!!!!!!!!!
Ive read were some guys have removed thiers..... I thinking about removeing mine,,, is their a problem since I only drag race mine. I do not take curves at high speeds....... Can you guys let me know how your cars act without that front sway bar.........
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From: lafayette louisiana
sway bar
Just wondering if not having the sway bar would allow the front end to work better .... Launching on the drag strip would it allow better sixty foot times, just from the weight transfer on take off....... as for the weight advantage of moving it that's hardly anything.............
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Just wondering if not having the sway bar would allow the front end to work better .... Launching on the drag strip would it allow better sixty foot times, just from the weight transfer on take off....... as for the weight advantage of moving it that's hardly anything.............
UPDATE: The COPO drag race Camaors have the sway bar deleted.
Last edited by timd38; Jan 7, 2015 at 05:28 PM.
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Just wondering if not having the sway bar would allow the front end to work better .... Launching on the drag strip would it allow better sixty foot times, just from the weight transfer on take off....... as for the weight advantage of moving it that's hardly anything.............
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Just wondering if not having the sway bar would allow the front end to work better .... Launching on the drag strip would it allow better sixty foot times, just from the weight transfer on take off....... as for the weight advantage of moving it that's hardly anything.............
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Instructor
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From: lafayette louisiana
60 ft times
Some guys have seen increases and some have not..... So im gonna test mine this weekend and take the front sway bar off........ I have logged every pass before and know what my 60ft are prior to removeing it. I will post on sat night if it made any difference....
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I made my own rear sway bar on my Z06. I put Magna-flow mufflers in which are much smaller than stock ones. The rear sway bar became very noticeable because of the offset to go under the mufflers. The MFs were also 15 lbs lighter (6 lbs each vs 21 stock). I bought a length of 1/8" wall 1 1/4" diameter chromemoly tube for $15. I cut it to length, bent the ends to match the stock bar, made 2 end link connectors from 3/16"flat stock. I even drilled 3 sets of end link holes with the center one being the same as stock. Then used Energy Suspension sway bar mounts to match the new 1 1/4" diameter. I tested it by jacking one wheel and measuring how much the bar would raise the other wheel. It came out about 10% stiffer than the stock bar.