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Old 09-08-2005, 01:39 PM
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*crossposted in suspension section*
here are pics of my launches before and after adding the headers, torque arm (set to -1 deg), and dyno tune. there were a few pics from each day, so i picked the best one from each.
it looks like i gained a good inch of weight transfer (of course its always possible that its just the timing of the photos). too bad i'm not gonna really see that gain on the street tires though, since my 60' didnt change...



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we need to get your front sway bar out of there!!! thats 14 pounds!
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My guess is if you still have a front swaybar you aren't seeing any benefit yet from the new torque arm.
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and when i put it in i set it for -1*, its a stock 10 bolt.
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My guess is if you still have a front swaybar you aren't seeing any benefit yet from the new torque arm.
well, my thing is that this car is primarily a street car at this point in time... drag racing is just the side novelty. some people have told me that removing the front way bar barely makes a noticable difference for street driving, but i'd like to do more research on the topic before i make such a decision because i like taking my off ramps at the highest speeds possible.
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you cant notice it, but you can if you drive like i drive the vett. lol
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It's always the first thing I do when I bring a car home I'm gonna hot rod

With a late model car I don't usually notice too much. Now with something like a 1st gen Camaro, ohhhh it's noticable alright.
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my car was day and night when i removed the sway bar. i honestly didn't notice a difference from stock t/a to BMR or sphon t/a's.... but now that i removed the sway it's like HUGE difference. the daily driving w/ out a sway bar is definately do-able.




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