driving is way cooler than making shit if you ask me.

 

This screams bad idea.

How will you know what sort of torsion this bar will apply to the end links? Sway bars aren't just thrown together, they have to be matched to the spring rates and weight of a car they're going on. This is precicely WHY godspeed sway bars suck. They're just huge. At a minimum different wall thickness for the pipe you're using as the cross pipe will have to be analyzed.

I'm not saying you can't do the calculations, you're a smart guy, I just think it's not going to turn out how you want it to unless you do some substantial research and calculations ahead of time... throwing any old bar on there isn't going to work.

 

Fender pull done . Thanks Mike











Now ready for hard launches...............

 

i washed mine for the first time in a long time since its been so damn cold and today was very nice out.

 

Sway bars are normally solid bars not hollow tubing. I think only tanabe makes a hollow sway bar. My current endlinks are solid spherical rod ends too. All a sway bar does is transfer load from one control arm to another. The less the bar is able to twist the more anti-roll you have. Spring rate is entirely different thing.

And thats why different set ups require different techniques. Most auto-x guys run the biggest bar they can find and the remove the rear.

You dont match the bars to you're spring rate that is just flat out wrong, if you did anyone who changes out springs would have to match their sway bars to it. Shock spring rate and anti-roll are two different things though you can calculate the over all spring rate of the suspension which involves both plus the tires.

Also those poly bushings that are supplied with every kit are resistance to your sway bar, allowing the sway bar to rotate more freely makes them more efficent. Also I'm able to put a certain amount of pre-tension on the bars themselves.

And I enjoy making things and seeing them work the way I planned almost as much as driving my car. Fabrication is one of my hobbies.

 

A old school Mustang guy on the FAST autoX forums made one of those. You should talk to him and maybe get some ideas.

 

traded hammers for new wheels. finally!

 

What did you get?

 

dude, some people like making shit.

 

Slacker i detailed mine the other day when it was 45 out!

Im sad i know.