I've had my 69 mach 1 in the shop for over a year. finally in the home stretch of things. And one area I've had problems with are SWAY BARS...
Took me forever to get a sway bar to fit my 390 big block. But I'm also having problems with rear sway bars.
Purchased the Hellwig rear sway bar. nice looking bar, but wouldn't clear the bell housing and would have mounted on the curve of my frame rails. Long story short.. wasn't working! returned it.
Now I tried the Addco sway bar, but returned it as well because it wasn't mounting right either due to exhaust issues, and when I purchased my 69, it came with Traction bars.
Now i've eliminated the traction bars, redid the exhaust (dual Magna Flow 2.5) and I'm ready to insert a rear sway bar.
What do you guys recommend. I keep hearing about Mustang Plus' Grab a trak, but they look just like the Addco ones. Any difference? what other type of Rear Sway bars would you recommend I look into .
looking at 3/4 to 7/8
Also, I keep seeing that some sway bars are for Vehicles that originally came with a rear Sway bar. For Example ADDCO makes a sway bar for mustangs with Factory installed bars, but require some of the original hardware.
How much different are those sway bars for addco's other sway bars that come with all mounting hardware included? are the bends and shape that much different?
I know I'm throughing out a bunch of questions but i just want to get an idea of whats out there, and what would work best for my application. I only use the car for street use.. no track or drag.
Also, one more thing. the Helwig mounted more on the rear dif/axle compared to the design of Addco's that seems to mount more onto the frame? Any advantages? disadvantages?
Thanks for you insight!
Jaime
Took me forever to get a sway bar to fit my 390 big block. But I'm also having problems with rear sway bars.
Purchased the Hellwig rear sway bar. nice looking bar, but wouldn't clear the bell housing and would have mounted on the curve of my frame rails. Long story short.. wasn't working! returned it.
Now I tried the Addco sway bar, but returned it as well because it wasn't mounting right either due to exhaust issues, and when I purchased my 69, it came with Traction bars.
Now i've eliminated the traction bars, redid the exhaust (dual Magna Flow 2.5) and I'm ready to insert a rear sway bar.
What do you guys recommend. I keep hearing about Mustang Plus' Grab a trak, but they look just like the Addco ones. Any difference? what other type of Rear Sway bars would you recommend I look into .
looking at 3/4 to 7/8
Also, I keep seeing that some sway bars are for Vehicles that originally came with a rear Sway bar. For Example ADDCO makes a sway bar for mustangs with Factory installed bars, but require some of the original hardware.
How much different are those sway bars for addco's other sway bars that come with all mounting hardware included? are the bends and shape that much different?
I know I'm throughing out a bunch of questions but i just want to get an idea of whats out there, and what would work best for my application. I only use the car for street use.. no track or drag.
Also, one more thing. the Helwig mounted more on the rear dif/axle compared to the design of Addco's that seems to mount more onto the frame? Any advantages? disadvantages?
Thanks for you insight!
Jaime