Front Sway bar?

$uperstang

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Hey,

Anyone out there remove the front sway bar completely for a street/strip car? Does it drive that bad on the road?

 

87MustangGT5.0

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My cousin took his out on his 89 LX 5.0 and he said that he actually liked the feel of it better without one. I am not sure how that works thoug, I drove it and it didnt feel to bad.

 

Curse

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I took mine off my 89 and the ride did change a lot. When I make a turn at anything over 10 mph turn, my car feels like the body is going to come off the frame. On the high way the front end wants to wonder, you really got to keep track of what you are doing. On a positve note, my front end does raise up a lot more without the sway bar on a launch. I think it is something you are going to have to try, some people will say it is not bad at all while others will say don't do it.

 

crazypete

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I love it. I dropped mine and it really woke up the suspension. Softened the ride and bodyroll is negligable with hard springs. Plus it's a bunch of wieght off the front.

 

$uperstang

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crazypete said:

I love it. I dropped mine and it really woke up the suspension. Softened the ride and bodyroll is negligable with hard springs. Plus it's a bunch of wieght off the front.

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I have Eibach Pro kit springs and wonder if that would help offset the difference?

 

crazypete

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I had no front swaybar and had almost zero bodyroll with FMS "C" springs. Those are single rate 600 pound springs. My current 300 pound rate coilovers produce some small amount of roll but nothing disturbing. Then again, my car is pretty light.

 

woodyy24

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i bought my car with it removed, but he gave it to me with new tie-rods. after about a week i got fed up with the body roll, i put it back on and it made a HUGE difference in handling. i like to drive my car and not just use it for the track... its staying.

 

crazypete

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Well, one of the keys is to have a light car. A heavy car will obviously have more lateral momentum and make the body roll in the opposite direction of a turn as the tires try to change direction. If you lighten it up a bunch, you'll get less bodyroll.

Plus, with the location of coilovers further outboard of the coil springs helps push up in the right spot.

My car is all street and highway as a side note.

 

cleanLX

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yes, it will depend on spring rates and weight ove rth front end.
my car is stock, and with the bar unhooked it drives/handels worse than my '69 F250.

 

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wildstang87

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my car is suspension is stock, and my swaybar is disconnected but not removed, it doesnt seem to roll that bad, but it does pick the front end up quite a bit on a launch, which is good for traction. and as someone else said, the front end does wander fiercely without it. im going to hook mine up in the next few days. i would say disconnect it and drive before you take it all the way off, b/c either you will like it or hate it.

 

BlownStangGT

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With my 91 I had, I took it off once for the track and with the sportlines I didnt notice much difference at all, and then agian, at the track, I didnt pick up any time either

 

90mustangGT

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I removed mine and never looked back. It still cornered good, I wouldn't autoX it or anything, but if I couldn't take the turn on the street, then I was going too fast anyways. Really helps weight transfer.