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Old 03-09-2009, 03:18 PM
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i've been looking around and has any one had any luck with either quartermax, vanishpoint, or bickle unwelded anti-roll bars?

i wouldnt mind using the wolfe but its 600$ and i have some welding skills so im just trying to save a few hundred dollars...

i'd like it to mount to the rear bars of my chassis too rather than the inside of my frame rails....

any thoughts?
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I've watched the build on your car

With the fabrication skills you have, I wouldn't think it would be a probelm using one of the kits mentioned
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I have a bickel Heavy duty on mine...
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Originally Posted by Fireball
I have a bickel Heavy duty on mine...
do you like it? where did you mount it to the bars or frame rail? Pics?

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Originally Posted by ty_ty13
do you like it? where did you mount it to the bars or frame rail? Pics?
seems to work fine for me...

never took a pic. its mounted above the rear. we put a piece of tube across the frame rails, wedged all the way up against the floor of the trunk area (where the gas tank was originally). We put a short tube connecting the bar to the pivot point (where the bushing goes) on each side to the swaybar.

Dropped the endlinks from that to the rear
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hmmm .... im having a hard time visualizing how you mounted it.
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might have a pic at home...will check tonight
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no one else done this instead of spending $600+
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dammit...forgot to snap that pic for you
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no big deal... i would like to see it though.
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The Wolfe single bar is $475, good well into the 8 second zone.
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to me, it was a no brainer to spend the money on the BMR extreme Anti roll bar. its the most important piece of suspension on a tq arm car IMO. its good for 7 second 2000 hp stuff.
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i'm going with the bmr or spohn drag/anti roll bar.
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Originally Posted by kenSS
i'm going with the bmr or spohn drag/anti roll bar.
I'm thinking about going with the BMR XTREME anti roll bar, anyone have experience with that one?
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i dont know if this is what you are looking for but i have the spohn 1" rear solid "sway" bar. it bolts on and still uses poly end links but its not adjustable. some people said they have adjusted it messing with endlink length but i havent and i went 9.91 w/ a 1.44 60 ft a few wks back and it left pretty damn straight. im sure your car is a lot faster then mine though.

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Originally Posted by ty_ty13
no big deal... i would like to see it though.
hard to take a pic with the car on the ground...best I could do

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my buddy jeff has a third gen with the spohn drag bar runnin 8.40's. car leaves straight all the time.
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Is there a desired angle the adjustable drag bars need to be?
Fireball yours appears to be about parallel to the ground at ride height?
Do you just lengthen the links to make it stiffer?
I have a Midwest drag bar, and mine is about parallel at ride height, but it does not seem to be stiff enough??? I have some adjustment either way on the links, just unsure which way to go.
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Originally Posted by veee8
Is there a desired angle the adjustable drag bars need to be?
Fireball yours appears to be about parallel to the ground at ride height?
Do you just lengthen the links to make it stiffer?
I have a Midwest drag bar, and mine is about parallel at ride height, but it does not seem to be stiff enough??? I have some adjustment either way on the links, just unsure which way to go.
yes...parallel

length of the links determines preload
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Originally Posted by ls2 bait
i dont know if this is what you are looking for but i have the spohn 1" rear solid "sway" bar. it bolts on and still uses poly end links but its not adjustable. some people said they have adjusted it messing with endlink length but i havent and i went 9.91 w/ a 1.44 60 ft a few wks back and it left pretty damn straight. im sure your car is a lot faster then mine though.

Link to bar?

BTW thats an AWESOME pic!!


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