James Montigny

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It's not horrible without the swaybar.
But I've grown attached to my 35mm swaybar on curvy stress releif runs after work.

It comes off (along with the STB and street rims) for the track.

Vintage Iron55

I drive my 55 Chevy without a sway bar every day! It has been driven without one since 1955

93camaro_zzz

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Damn, I think the poll speaks for itself. lol The 2 votes for not, were probably drunk too.

coop5885

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swaybar? you guys actually run those things

cowboysfan

if u like curves, keep it on.
if you like straight, 1320 ft at a time then keep it off.
if u like both then u will need to learn how to compromise and do what is that u want at time on the track. simple huh! mine stays off, much easier......


fuerzaws6

WILWAXU

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My car has more time without it than with.

PunkNPonys

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Well it was off on my 99 Z with no problems so i guess its coming off of this car too.

RallyRed 98

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i dd'd my V6 like that for nearly a year, on bigs and littles too

needless to say going back to a normal wheel/tire combo and the swaybar made a difference in offramp fun factor. a huge difference, not to me but you definitely notice it when it's gone...

TWS

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I used to swap it on/off for my '94, but got tired/lazy so it has stayed off for about the last 4 years. All of my other cars have them, as I like having good handling/cornering. As long as you adapt your driving style, it's fine. I have the benefit of QA1 10-ways on that car, so I just dial the fronts a little tighter for street use and it seems fine.

edwardswb

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I've daily driven mine without it for about a year and I got tired of the body roll so I put it back on. I just take it off for the 1/4 track now because I like the twisties. It's actually a little scary when a 4"x4"x84" piece of wood falls off a trailer in front of you and you have to swerve into the next lane or get impailed by some f*cking redneck that can't tie down a load. I nearly lost the rear end when I corrected because it rolled so bad. Other than stuff like that though, it's not bad driving without it.

you2slo

In the drag racing section I think the answers will be a bit lopsided.

PowerShift408

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What is the advantage of doing this? How exactly does it improve weight transfer?

I also saw that one person said that they took off their strut tower bar at the track. Would this further the effect of taking the front sway bar off?

1SlowFormula

It helps weight transfer greatly, I will throw a pic below of my mostly stock lt1 when it was running mid 13.6's and getting 1.9 60' just to show how much weight transfer there was without the front swaybar...

The STB removal is more then likely just for weight reduction, but weight reduction is the other reason for pulling the front sway bar...

PowerShift408

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Works for me. I'll have to give it a shot when I hit the track.

2002_Z28_Six_Speed

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The interstate feels is alot better with the sway bar out. Parking lot speed bumps don't bother you as much either.

headsupkid01

I totally agree. Take this thread to the suspension forum, or road race and it will get a compeletly diffrent answer.

GueSS Who

I used to run drag radials with skinnys up front with no swaybar everyday for 2 years.

Candyredz28

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How much faster would you be with no sway bar? possible 1/10 off?? And is it easy to take off for the track, and easy to put on for the street?

ninetres

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.....as they should be. It aids in weight transfer which results in a lower 60ft time. Since this was posted in the drag section, I'm sure the thread starter wants a better 60ft time....not a lap time

1SlowFormula

I saw an average reduction of .2 in my 60" and the end result was almost .33 off my ET when I had the swaybar hooked up. But remember this is with a slow car, get one with more power and they can see even more...