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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 12:04 AM
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Bigger rear sway bar?

I was wondering if there is any aftermarket company making a bigger rear sway bar than my stock 90 WS6 bar on the Formula.
i am putting in a 3:73 Posi rear (goodbye 2:73 peg leg!) and i also am installing spohn subframe connectors, lower control arma and panhard bar and was looking at how wimpy the rear sway bar looks compared to the spohn parts.
also the car is autocrossed regularly during the summer so it would obviously benifit it.
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 08:34 AM
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Re: Bigger rear sway bar?

is any aftermarket company making a bigger rear sway bar than my stock
was looking at how wimpy the rear sway bar looks compared to the spohn parts
I think there might be a clue in there somewhere as to where to look....

Click on the sponsors' links, at the top of the page. That's why they put them there. Steve sells some sway bars. Global West, Ground Control, and a whole bunch of others make and sell them too.
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 08:15 PM
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Steves is a solid 25mm/1"

Your ws6 is what? 24mm? some upgrade, but not much.
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 08:31 PM
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But steve's is solid chromemoly, as the stock is hollow steel.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 08:27 AM
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The rear 24mm I have is solid steel. Now the front 36mm and some of the front 34mm are hollow.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 09:49 AM
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i have my front 36 off and my stock 24 rear one on still, works fine and i have alot of suspension mods.

just get some rear poly endlinks and rear greesable bushings/brackets.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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I thought all rear bars were solid?
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 10:24 PM
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They are, my bad...Thought some were hollow, mine was only 7/8" so i thought that the larger ones were hollow.
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 10:24 AM
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if you want a really big, heavy duty swaybar check out the BMR page. they make the biggest rear swaybar on the market. its in the xtreme section.
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 10:55 AM
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no one touched on the point of why just a larger rear bar?

in auto-x especialy that extra oversteer might not let you get back into the power as soon. if you very nasty understeer, that will help, you could also so go slightly less front bar. bigger is not always better with sway bars. you might also want to consider heavier springs, and not just going with a huge sway bar.
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