<VV> Sway Bars

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/2/2006 6:32:20 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
aeroned at aol.com writes:

Jaff  Rapp makes a rear bar in several diameters (icmindy at iquest.net). I have 
one  that will be going on my autocross car (soon I hope). I believe that Bob 
 Coffin (dryenko at surry.net) has both front and rear  bars.





Last Summer I installed one of Bob Coffins front bars and one of Jeff  Rapp's 
rear bars (Jeff is really "Indy Custom Machine" the E-mail above) The end  
mounts for Bob's bar is a ingenious dual rod end setup, light years ahead of the 
 Crown/IECO design. Jeff's rear bar is also way ahead of the old Crown/ADDCO  
set-up. It involves mounting a multi-drilled piece to the trailing arm, 
either  welding or bolting them on. The bar has a blade design for the ends, also 
with  several holes. The linkage is rod-end to rod-end and allows adjustment. 
The  theory is that the front bar is installed at one fixed setting and the 
rear bar  can be adjusted to give the car the best balance. The rear bar can also 
be  used to tune the handling for Street or Track or Autocross. A bit  of 
Understeer being okay for the street -  Neutral for the track and a  bit of 
Oversteer for the autocross, helping the car to turn in. Both bars  were pretty 
easy to install, the body mounts being closely akin to the  Crown/IECO designs. I 
added Urethane inserts at the retention clamps, matching  the diameter of the 
bars.  Like in the Crown set-up, I suggest that you  have the car aligned and 
sitting at road height when you measure and  install the links to the 
suspension. The position of the arms will be quite  different at full droop. - Seth 
Emerson