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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 10:47 PM
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loose it.
might want to rethink the glide in a bolt on car...
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 10:49 PM
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im going to be bracket racing my 00 WS6 alot, should i remove the front swaybar? its basically a stock LS1 with bolt ons, powerglide w\ t-brake.
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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Lose it and get a spohn rear bar. And you can make a glide work if the verter is setup right and the right rear gear.

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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 03:55 PM
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+1 for loosing it.
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 03:57 PM
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i just remvoed mine yesterday for 3 weekends of racing...swaybar and endlinks were 12#...i left the brackets on the car
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 09:30 PM
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lose it..........
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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bye bye
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 11:17 PM
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well, i guess ill be yankin' that thing off then. did any of you notice any improvement in et or weight transfer/traction? what about with an aftermarket rear sway bar?

the glide is perfect for what im using it for. my plans were to make the car run under 13.99 in the quarter, while still being consistant. with the glide and my converter, i should be low 13's high 12's, and with only 1 shift, it should be very consistant. im not to worried about streetablity or ET. the converter is a 3800 stall coan, and im running 4.10 gears.
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 11:19 PM
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by the way, Calongo_SS, how the he** did you post on top of the thread?
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 11:53 PM
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I was wondering the same damn thing. I read the post, replied and it went to the bottom. When I came back to the thread later it was on the top. Weird...
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how do you take te front sawy bar off...i havent looked at it so it might be pretty straight forward, but is there anything tricky about it?
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by calongo_SS
I was wondering the same damn thing. I read the post, replied and it went to the bottom. When I came back to the thread later it was on the top. Weird...
haha fo' shizzle
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 02:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Magnet
how do you take te front sawy bar off...i havent looked at it so it might be pretty straight forward, but is there anything tricky about it?
one nut and bolt on each side on the endlinks, rears were 13 mm if i remember correctly so im thinkin the fronts will be the same
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 08:04 AM
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take it off and let it collect dust
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 09:16 PM
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Has anyone noticed any improvements from taking it off? Would an aftermarket sway bar be beneficial? Will daily street driving still be alright without a front sway bar?
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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 11:50 PM
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Street driving is ok w/ no front sway bar, but not great. the car will dive into corners if you're going very fast. no front sway bar = stay away from twisties.
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Old Nov 3, 2006 | 09:43 AM
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will it make that much of a difference form some one like me wiht out DR's and who normaly catches races from stop light to stop light ?
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 03:56 PM
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I have had mine off for a couple months and wouldn't put it back on for anything.
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 11:42 PM
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I took mine off and drove around for a week. Then I took the brackets off as well because I knew the swaybar was never going back on.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 10:51 AM
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ditch it
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