Drag Racing, Sway bars Yay or Nay

94-302-vert · Sep 28, 2007

Going to NED next friday with a couple buds. Should I plan to pull either sway bar before going?

As you can tell my car is mostly stock and I will be running street tires.

Thanks!

Pokageek · Sep 28, 2007

Nay. Less weight!

ga94gt · Sep 28, 2007

I dont have a front when at the strip. But i have not had a rear one sice I put my upper/lower control arms on

The Green GT · Sep 28, 2007

I forget who, but someone made a thread about this saying they thought they were going to crash and die when they took theirs off.

gcomfx.com · Sep 28, 2007

If you have bone stock suspension (ie no subframes) TEST the car before you go. Pull it off and drive around, see how you like it. I couldn't get my front sway bar back on the car fast enough. It was not a fun drive. I had stock suspension and no strut tower brace. Also, my 60ft did not change one bit at the track.

SQUEEZE&STROKE · Sep 28, 2007

Leave the rear, remove the front for the track, but put it back on when you get back if it is a daily driver.

ga94gt · Sep 28, 2007

ga94gt said:
I dont have a front when at the strip. But i have not had a rear one sice I put my upper/lower control arms on

the only reason I dont have my rear is becaus the UPR Pro-Series do not require the rear sway bar.

Sirone · Sep 28, 2007

No sways.

Wi Stang · Sep 28, 2007

I am with gcomfx.com. Pull the front one and drive it a little with it off to test it out. This is what I did.
When I disconnected the front bar, the front suspension would travel a lot more on my launch, so that helped my 60' time out a little. It was fine to drive at the track in a straight line, but I would definitely would not want to drive around on the street without one.

Grn92LX · Sep 28, 2007

No front sway, yes rear sway. 4 years with no front sway, never an issue.

5spd GT · Sep 28, 2007

Running without a sway bar scares me

My life is more important than a few pounds at the track

But if you choose to go for it, keep it at the track.

I could see no sway bar on a sn-95 more-so than the sluggish handling foxes.

I am not aware of any daily driven car that drives like that on a full-time basis. I am sure someone is 'brave' enough to do it.

94-302-vert · Oct 1, 2007

OK, I'll leave them on... Thanks...

gcomfx.com · Oct 1, 2007

I just put my upper/lower control arms on the car. As well as subframe connectors. I may try removing the front sway bar again to see if the reason people run without them is due to not having stock suspension anymore.

On a bone stock suspension car with no strut tower brace, it was flat out scary to run without a front sway bar.

parchisi · Oct 1, 2007

I can attest that at least on my '93 fox, it has no swaybar, and it wollows around the corners, rubbing the tires on the fenders unless I really slow down in the turns. I want to put one back on, but the a-hole who had it before me removed the brackets and I can't for the life of me find anymore anywhere.

5spd GT · Oct 1, 2007

Thus, we see the difference between a daily driven ride and a track car (some call a street ride).

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