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Offline shadango

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Re: Front sway bar
« Reply #30 on: July 28, 2011 - 09:33:28 PM »
Well, the bar arrived today and of course, like a kid at christmas, I had to open the box...which led to me reading the instructions, which led me to look under the car 'for just a second", which led me to an install...LOL :bigsmile:

Took two hours......I wasted some time figuring out how to attack the install.....supposed to install with the car sitting on the ground, but I couldnt get my car up the ramps in the garage (kept sliding).....so I ended up jacking up the car, setting it on stands using the frame, also removng the passenger wheel for clearance, then threading the bar thru the k member and installing the mounting plate and such....then dropped the car to the ground and finished it.....kind of a pita squeezing my fat body under there....LOL.....lots of cuss words....but overall not bad.

Its installed!   :jumping:

One question I had for y'all though....

I had been using one of the k member holes for the one end of my chain engine tie down....weel now that hole is being used by the mounting plate for the sway bar.

Option one would be to drill a hole in the plate itself for the end of the chain.....its THICK metal and not sure how easy or hard that will be.

Option two would be to try and drill anotehr hole somewhere along the edge of the k-member....

Any thoughts which would be better or worse?  Seems like neither should do any harm...but figured I best ask the family (you guys) and see whatcha thought.




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Re: Front sway bar
« Reply #31 on: July 28, 2011 - 11:28:40 PM »
How much power are you making to need a tie down?

Offline shadango

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Re: Front sway bar
« Reply #32 on: July 29, 2011 - 05:43:44 AM »
How much power are you making to need a tie down?

Somewhere between 100 hp and 1000 ho...LOL :burnout:

Seriously though, I had a broken motor mount and had installed it as a temporary measure ...well, turns out I like the looks of it and it does add that extra level of protection....the cam I have idles pretty rough and the chain (I feel) helps take some stress off the mount on the driver side.

I just dont want to weaken anything by drilling another hole....dont think it will but.....figured I would put it out there.


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Re: Front sway bar
« Reply #33 on: July 29, 2011 - 07:53:32 AM »
Another couple interesting nuggets for anyone thinking of this upgrade --

- the sealed plastic bag the bar came in was marked with a sticker that had "Hellwig" on it.

- the kit comes with bolt-on tabs for the lower control arms (you have to drill a hole in each) if you dont already have the tabs.