Hey fellow fbody fanatics! Just another Hawaii camaro guy here saying hi and asking for everybodies input on swaybars. I have a refrigerator white 92 z28(just TES/3''exhaust) and am looking to upgrade my suspension. YES I HAVE done a search on swaybars but still have some questions. So how do you match swaybars? Im going to order a frontend kit, 1 1/4'' front and 1'' rear bars from P-S-T. ($hipping i$ alot to Hawaii, $o..) I have spohn LCA/relocators, Panhard rod, and a T56 torque arm sitting in boxes. I am going to go with bilsteins/prokit at 4 corners and welding on SFC's (Spohn??hotchkis??). So are 1 1/4'' and 1'' matching? Alot of you are 1 1/8 (36mm) and 1''(24mm), but they are hollow. PST's are solid. So what sizes will match up with my suspension? Oh BTW... gonna give drifting a try like your buddies REVLIMIT and CRAZYHAWAIIAN. Thanks for anybodies input.
Cheers, Fro

 

A larger bar in the rear as opposed to a matched set will allow the car to be easily "pitched" into a corner, and alot of trottle will keep it there like a sprint car.

For performance driving, this is bad. However, for drift or stuntcar type driving where you hang the @ss end out, this will make it more fun.

A balanced performance set with a good starting point is the 36mm FRT/ 24mm RR. Put a smaller bar on front like a 30mm and more roll center weight will be transfered through the stiffer rear bar causing the back end to washout sooner than the front.

For racing applictions, the 36/24 should be used in conjunction with end link adjusters so the weight transfer can be fine tuned to 50/50 based on what coil spring rates are used from front to rear. swaybar adjustments are for quick-tuning pitstop adjustments. Trans Am Series Racecars have an in-cockpit on-the-fly adjusters that can be stiffened or softened by the driver during the race via cables and levers. (This is the trick sh*t)

 

Since Driftsession is once a month, and this is also my daily driver, should I order 1 1/8" front and 1" rear opposed to the pair I mentioned?

 

Yes, that would be my opinion. You'll still have good drifts with those stiff bars.

 

As far as matched sets, it just refers to how they came from the factory. Look here for sets:

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...threadid=59687


I'd just get the 36/24 pair and be done with it. Don't overlook the 34mm hollow front either, it's a real good bar, and easy to find. Both my cars came with it.

Ed

 

Your math is off a little bit:
36mm is 1.417in. or almost 1 7/16 in.
24mm is .944in. or just over 15/16 in.
Divide mm by 25.4 to get in.

 

I used java calculators on the internet to determine sizes and compare with aftermarket bars. It appeared that the largest front was still 36 and I dont remeber the largest rear, but it was a little bigger than the 24. I dont recall seing any solid fronts as large as 36 though.

Ben