Any chance on moving the sway bar forward?
Hey guys,
I just got my 86 running. I swaped in a 2.3 turbo ford engine. My problem is that the front pully rubs against the sway bar when hard breaking, or acceleration. I understand that the sway bar shifts as load is put on the suspension. Is it possiable to shim the sway bar to move if forward a half inch? thanks, i'll post pics later |
yea itll move forward once you put the 13B back into it
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haha, so much hate, i still have 2 other 7's with rotaries.
If i grind a quarter inch off a 2 inch long section of the center of the sway bar will that seriously effect its performance? |
Originally Posted by Matty's first 1st Gen
(Post 9042702)
I just got my 86 running. I swaped in a 2.3 turbo ford engine. My problem is that the front pully rubs against the sway bar when hard breaking, or acceleration. I understand that the sway bar shifts as load is put on the suspension. Is it possiable to shim the sway bar to move if forward a half inch?
Hehehe, j/k. I think it is a bad idea to grind down the sway bar. Do you think a speedway type bar would work? http://www.iscracing.net/2nd_Gen_Parts.htm http://www.awrracing.com/store/produ...products_id=83 |
Yes, the bar will be less effective if you remove material from it. In addition, your grinding will most likely create a stress riser in the material and it will fail there.
Can you shim the engine up or the swaybar down? Or both? |
you could just remove it all together. drift guys do it in there FC...
or cut out the section that is rubbing and weld in a new section that is pushed out, kinda like this: _____/====\______ |
great idea, i'll try to shim, if not i'll cut and weld, thanks guys!
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Is the Sway bar a TII sway?..I am thinking that the N/A sway bar is thinner.
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they are the same. as long as it is a FC, they are the same diameter.
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just remove the bar all together... with the 2.3 engine in it, you wont need it anymore any how
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Agreed. It's a common mod with the drifters to take it out.
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before you tell some to take the sway please tell how long you have been driving on a stock set up? makes a big defrince 3 month to like a year or 2.
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