View Poll Results: How many DD there f-body with/without front sway bar?
Yes i DD without it
160
78.82%
No i would never take it off
25
12.32%
I only take it off at the track
18
8.87%
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How many of you DD without front sway bar?
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Taking mine out tomorrow. I don't speed when driving around, and definitely don't street race. The track is for racing, and the street is for getting from A to B. But my stand point is a little different than the consensus of other F-body owners. And in case you think I'm some 50 year old here, I'm actually 18. I just have a different way of thinking.
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I just took my CTS in for service and they gave me a DTS as a rental. There is no way for that car to possibley out handle a fbody with the swaybar off. The DTS handles way worse than my silverado. In fact it makes the Silverado feel like it is a good handling vehicle and my camaro with the bar off handles better than the Siverado. That car was all over the place on the interstate at 70mph it was just floating up and down and every shift the car rocked up and down and everytime I went by a big truck it blew me off the road.
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I think this question really boils down to whether you are daily driving your drag car or if you are drag racing your daily driver. IMO, there IS a difference. Seriously, are you DDing a high HP drag car or are you DRing a grocery getter? If you only have one car that HAS to function for you, leave it intact. If you have something else available should the need arise, by all means, get all the weight you can off your drag car and don't bother putting it back on.
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Originally Posted by Out1aw
Taking mine out tomorrow. I don't speed when driving around, and definitely don't street race. The track is for racing, and the street is for getting from A to B. But my stand point is a little different than the consensus of other F-body owners. And in case you think I'm some 50 year old here, I'm actually 18. I just have a different way of thinking.
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I took my front sway off the second day I had my car back in 2002. It only had 70 miles on it when I took the sway bar off and it's never going back on . By the way my car hit 30,000 miles yesterday .
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I only have my sway bar on from April to September [I do not race in the summer, its hot, ikky, and nasty] But I do drive it from October to May without the front swaybar on skinnies all the time.
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took mine off last friday and drove around all weekend without it. Didn't notice that big of a difference. The car still corners fairly well at normal speeds, just not as good as it used to. I plan on leaving mine off.
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With the TRZ bolt in ARB in the rear of the shops 95 Firebird it drives awesome without the front sway bar. It used to only have the factory rear sway bar on it and it would sway and roll over under cornering. Now it stays nice and flat
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I think this question really boils down to whether you are daily driving your drag car or if you are drag racing your daily driver. IMO, there IS a difference. Seriously, are you DDing a high HP drag car or are you DRing a grocery getter? If you only have one car that HAS to function for you, leave it intact. If you have something else available should the need arise, by all means, get all the weight you can off your drag car and don't bother putting it back on.
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Took it off yesterday for the track (Had it off in under 5 minutes) and it will be staying off, Theres quite a signifigant improvement in weight transfer...
As far as daily driving It's hard to tell that its gone, people made it sound alot worse than it really is
It will stay off for as long as I own the car
As far as daily driving It's hard to tell that its gone, people made it sound alot worse than it really is
It will stay off for as long as I own the car