Rear sway bar
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Ok so im pulling my front sway bar and im about to get a new rear sway bar. I have a question though what size would be more beneficial with what i want it to do? Its a street car that sees the track good bit and its by no means a corner carver. A little help would be appreciated.
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Strano rear bar might be a good bet. Its bigger(22) to help with sway on a semi drag track/street car and weighs about 5 pounds less than the stock bar since its hollow. Great help in reducing unsprung weight. I am not sure how handling will be though without a front swaybar
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Ok so im pulling my front sway bar and im about to get a new rear sway bar. I have a question though what size would be more beneficial with what i want it to do? Its a street car that sees the track good bit and its by no means a corner carver. A little help would be appreciated.
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If you have a street/strip application we offer a tubular chromemoly anti-roll bar kit that is available as a complete bolt-in unit and includes adjustable end links to help set chassis preload. It is a proven working component and is the lightest on the market.
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You are almost at the point were you could use a regular sway bar of larger diameter or a drag bar. What track times are you running and how often will the car visit the track?
Our rear drag bar is streatable, it just doesn't work well at high speed turns and with no front sway bar you aren't going to be doing that anyhow. Below is our drag bar, it is 100% bolt in but welding is required for a lot of track use. Please take a look and let me know if you have any questions.
www.umiperformance.com/2245-300
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Our rear drag bar is streatable, it just doesn't work well at high speed turns and with no front sway bar you aren't going to be doing that anyhow. Below is our drag bar, it is 100% bolt in but welding is required for a lot of track use. Please take a look and let me know if you have any questions.
www.umiperformance.com/2245-300
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I would say ideally whats the smallest bar you can put on to keep the car leaving straight. You probably don't get chances to try different bars though... so I would probably go for a 25 mm rear minimum if I were building a street/drag car.
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You're going to be sacrificing more than a "little" handling with no front bar, and an oversized rear bar... You may not mind it putting around at 35mph in the city, but you will notice it on the highway, and trying to turn at the speed limit on higher speed turns.
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We also incorporate adjustment into the rear drag bar so you can soften it slightly. Below is a picture of the adjustment on the sway bar itself.
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Ok so im pulling my front sway bar and im about to get a new rear sway bar. I have a question though what size would be more beneficial with what i want it to do? Its a street car that sees the track good bit and its by no means a corner carver. A little help would be appreciated.
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i have the Spohn rear Drag sway bar and the handling now "sucks"
the Spohn bar is 1 and 5/16 , a 16th of a inch bigger then the 1.25 UMI bar, Pretty much the same tho.
with these over sized bars the rear suspension works like a swing arm no left to right movement , not good for a street car IMOP.
i am taking the beast off and replacing it with either a 22mm or 1" hollow rear sway bar this should give me back some of the ride i lost
the Spohn bar is 1 and 5/16 , a 16th of a inch bigger then the 1.25 UMI bar, Pretty much the same tho.
with these over sized bars the rear suspension works like a swing arm no left to right movement , not good for a street car IMOP.
i am taking the beast off and replacing it with either a 22mm or 1" hollow rear sway bar this should give me back some of the ride i lost
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You are kind of in a spot where you could go two directions, you could go with a good anti-roll bar like our full bolt-in anti-roll bar if you are will ing to sacrifice more driveability or you could with a more stiff stock-style aftermarket sway bar like our 25mm rear bar if you weren't willing to sacrifice as much driveability. If you have anything else I could help you with let me know.
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