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| Author: | wjajr [ Wed May 07, 2014 5:33 am ] |
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At the time of upgrading Dart's suspension I found Firm Feel torsion bars to be good value and they had a good selection of various rates. Rear springs came from ESPO. Sway bar now works as good as a factory bar, or upscale aftermarket because it is firmly attached to K member; no more rock-a-by-baby sloppy K member ripping attachment. I came to the conclusion that spending an additional 60 bucks to make the Addco bar work was more economical than sidelining those parts and ponying up close to 400 bucks for new bar. Should I at sometime do up another A body I'll probably spend the extra bucks for a better designed anti sway bar. |
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| Author: | MoreDoorVal [ Wed May 07, 2014 8:27 am ] |
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I looked at your pictures for making that one work, looked great! I wounder if the sway bar would interfere with the long tube headers I'm going to put on though. I think with the 1.03 bars being rated stiffer than big block bars I may just end up not going with a front sway bar. I've been thinking about making a custom "strut bar" to tie the two shock towers together. I think i could make this work with some thick walled 1inch or so steel tubing, weld a washer on the bottom of some 4 inch long pieces and bolt the shock to that then tie the 2 sides together by welding a steel bar that goes from one side to the other. I'd have to keep the shock bolts accessible obviously, so I'd have to weld to the side surfaces of the tube, but I think that'd be a fun little project. this combined with sub frame connectors and the stiffer shocks/bars would probably be plenty stiff |
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