Should I delete my front sway bar?

1990LXDropTop · Sep 5, 2005

I'm trying to shave as much weight as possible off my heavy vert. Would it be unwise to delete the front sway bar on a street driven convertible? How much weight would I be shaving off if I delete it?

90mustangGT · Sep 5, 2005

Not as much weight as weight transfer to the rear. The car will sway more as you could imagine. Try it, it's not like it's perment.

ALMOST STOCK · Sep 5, 2005

Maybe 6-10bs ..

90mustangGT · Sep 5, 2005

ALMOST STOCK said:
Maybe 6-10bs ..

More that that I am positive.

Some will say it will make your car unstreetable, but then again some feel that an A/C delete will make your car unstreetable as well.

ALMOST STOCK · Sep 6, 2005

90mustangGT said:
More that that I am positive.

Some will say it will make your car unstreetable, but then again some feel that an A/C delete will make your car unstreetable as well.

I had no idea the FRONT SWAY BAR weighed more than 10 lbs , oh well live and learn.
Please excuse my dumb ignorance !

90lxcoupe · Sep 6, 2005

the front swaybar ways a good 30 pounds. i took myne off a while ago and i have had no regrets the car just feels a little loose inb the front end but weight transfer is way better the front end comes up nicely

NosPony · Sep 6, 2005

Yea no issues with my notch yet on the street without the front sway bar. Cant even tell its gone.

ac09lude · Sep 6, 2005

take it off!!!

Grn92LX · Sep 6, 2005

The front swaybar is about 22 lbs. I weighed it when I removed it 3 years ago. To be honest, handling wise, I noticed no real difference. I can still take turns at 60mph on the highway which is good enough for me. I'm not a road racer nor do I have interest in that so off it went!

luckythirteen13 · Sep 6, 2005

i pulled my sway bar a couple months ago. im running 4 banger springs in the front and strange 10 way struts set on 6 and i have absolutely no drive ablility problems. the sway bar is dead weight. i weave in and out of traffic on the freeway and take turns like i did when i had a sway bar.

jwcma · Sep 6, 2005

I had mine out for a while. I thought I could get away with it because the "C" springs I put in were so much stiffer than stock. I recently put it back in because the front end swayed like a pig. Handling sucked and I didn't notice any benefits when it was gone. I agree that it weighs about 30 lbs. I shoulda weighed it when it was out. Oh well, taking it out gave me an opportunity to upgrade to poly sway bushings and end links.

87MustangGT5.0 · Sep 6, 2005

My cousin has it out of his car and he loves it.

Modular2v · Sep 6, 2005

take it out...i scaled it guys and it ways 33.8 pounds lol

grey5.0beast · Sep 6, 2005

take it off and relocate the battery to the trunk. should help weight transfer alot

Grn92LX · Sep 6, 2005

Modular2v said:
take it out...i scaled it guys and it ways 33.8 pounds lol

Mine was about 22 lbs on my scale

Modular2v · Sep 6, 2005

i weighed mine with the rods and bushings....maybe my scale is off

1990LXDropTop · Sep 7, 2005

I took mine off the other day and noticed no real difference in handling. My steering wheel felt a bit "looser" when turning but thats about it. Surprisingly, I could actual feel a difference, especially when in 2nd gear. The car "lifts" up more as stated. The only downfall to it is now when I hit bumps while making a tight turn I can hear this rubbing sound coming from the front end. Kind of like the tires are rubbing or something. I left the sway bar end links on just incase I wanted to reinstall the bar, so maybe the end links are rubbing against something as they are no longer turning with the wheels. Oh well, all in all I'm glad I removed it. It was one of those "FREE" mods.

Also, the sway bar is pretty heavy! A lot heavier than I expected. It weighs at least 30lbs.

dead · Sep 7, 2005

I've heard good and bad things about removing the front swaybar.. it's off mine, but I've never actually driven it on the road (no power steering pump, slicks, open headers) so I have no personal experience.

I think it's a good bit of weight though, like 20. Just as another thought for you, Steeda offers a lightweight front swaybar that takes off about 5lbs from the stock one and is supposed to be much better anyway.

http://www.steeda.ca/catalogue_product_type_300.asp

ARMAGEDON · Sep 7, 2005

I ran my '88 5.0 w/o the front sway bar for years on the street. No problems. I even had 3.5"ers on the front. Get rid ot it.

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