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Old 06-30-2010, 08:02 PM
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I have a truck manifold turbo kit, which appears like it will not clear the front sway bar on the driver side. Is there any options here? Like spacing the sway bar down, or up. Maybe adding a tubular k member to stiffen up the front a bit. Im kind of out of options at the moment. Id rather not cut up the pipe and get it rewelded since that is big $
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just space it down.
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Do I also need to get smaller endlinks? I would need to space it down a good bit, like 3 inches.
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i had 1.5 inch aluminum spacers with my old turbo kit and i did not need to extend the links, i do not know about 3 inches, just hold the sway bar 3 inches down and see if it hits anything
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Where did you guys get your spacers for the front sway bar?
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when i had the tti street kit, mine spaced it down 1" and did not change the end links.
it was just a piece of square tubing with some holes drilled in it.

not sure what 3" would do.
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Originally Posted by evo462
Where did you guys get your spacers for the front sway bar?
the came with my ls1 motorports turbo kit, they are aluminum blocks

i can sell the to you if you want
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i dont have my hot side yet so i dont really know how low it will hang yet
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Originally Posted by evo462
Where did you guys get your spacers for the front sway bar?
I know that it sounds goofy, but I used exhaust rubber hangers on each side of the sway bar mounts to provide 3/4 inch clearance for the turbo. You can get them at autozone. Some places sell urethane versions which are much
stronger. Anything over 1 inch in height might mean that you have to get larger endlink kits to compromise. You will also need longer bolts.

You might have to take a dremel tool to them and shave a few millimeters off so that you can properly align them in the hole. Works like a charm!
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What about spacing it up? We have those brackets that are about 4" from the frame. If I were to pull it up a couple inches that would work also.




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