Just got (won) a WS6 sway bar on ebay... is it gunna help me?
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Just got (won) a WS6 sway bar on ebay... is it gunna help me?
Hey fellas... is it? i have a 87 Z28 with a 305 tpi... and where could i get polyurethane/graphite bushings for the 36mm sway bar.... i belive the bar is also hollow... this is 1 of 2 of my newest mods... im happy!!
Should cause less body roll in the rear. When I upgraded my 90 RS from stock rear sway bar to the IROC rear sway bar I notied it squatted better (didnt roll as bad in the rear) when I was drifting. Should be even more noticable when you do the front too.
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Car: 90 RS 'Vert, 88 IROC-Z, 88 Firebird
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Or you could get the Guldstrand polygraphite bushings the round-about way. They are included with the 200170-36 Greasable Sway Bar Bushing kit Top-Down Solutions sells.
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link to discussion on the kit: https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=122861
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link to discussion on the kit: https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=122861
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You will probably want to get the WS6 24mm rear sway bar to match the larger front too.
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Uness you stiffen the rear one at the same time, it will worsen your already horrendous oversteer. IMHO these cars already come with too much sway bar in the front and not enough in the rear.
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All 87-up WS6s will have a 36/24mm combo, unless someone changed them. I suggest you measure before buying.
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the guy wants to make sure it is too..he doesnt want to send me the sway bar, only to have it be a 22 or smaller... i gotta call him sometime today... aight fellas thanks again
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Originally posted by RB83L69
it will worsen your already horrendous oversteer.
it will worsen your already horrendous oversteer.
the only time i ever have any oversteer problem is when i really jab the throtle on low speed turns.
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Oooops, my bad, you're exactly right, I don't know what I was thinking... it's understeer these cars have, where the front end pushes and won't turn, not oversteer, where the front plants itself and the rear wants to come around.
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no problem, just double checking.
yes i think ALL of our cars have an understeer issue, wouldn't it be nice if someone would make a 25 or 26mm rear bar ... HINT STEVE SPOHN, or whoever.
that would make it nice for people who don't know, or have the ability to compensate for the problem.
yes i think ALL of our cars have an understeer issue, wouldn't it be nice if someone would make a 25 or 26mm rear bar ... HINT STEVE SPOHN, or whoever.
that would make it nice for people who don't know, or have the ability to compensate for the problem.
Originally posted by Dewey316
no problem, just double checking.
yes i think ALL of our cars have an understeer issue, wouldn't it be nice if someone would make a 25 or 26mm rear bar ... HINT STEVE SPOHN, or whoever.
that would make it nice for people who don't know, or have the ability to compensate for the problem.
no problem, just double checking.
yes i think ALL of our cars have an understeer issue, wouldn't it be nice if someone would make a 25 or 26mm rear bar ... HINT STEVE SPOHN, or whoever.
that would make it nice for people who don't know, or have the ability to compensate for the problem.
We already have it. Our 4140 chrome moly solid rear sway bar is 1" diameter = 25mm
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do plan to offer only the rear bar?
the set is great, but some of us already have big front sway bars, and would like the 25mm rear bar to help balance the handling.
the set is great, but some of us already have big front sway bars, and would like the 25mm rear bar to help balance the handling.
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ah ha! its 24mm.... the guy measured it... it came out to be a little over 23mm... so im gunna say.. 24... alright... now i gotta get new poly bushings... and im set! im probably gunna pay more the the set of bushings then what i payed for both front and rear sway bars! hehehe
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steve, is there also a choice to have them powder coated another color other than black?
i know it shouldn't be a big deal, but everything else i have is red, and one black bar will just clash
i know it shouldn't be a big deal, but everything else i have is red, and one black bar will just clash
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