Am I missing a piece from my front sway bar? [Pictures Inside]
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Yes. Everything about that is wrong. The second bolt on the lower control arm next to the bolt attaching the damper is where the end link should attach. You effectively have no roll bar.
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I have never paid attention to the angles while the car is on its wheels but the car looks really low to me based solely on the angle of the lower control arm and the tie rods. But I may easily be wrong.
Your car has more roll on the front end than most other cars, I bet. I'd even bet it oversteers like a Formula D car. Everything I see in that pic is fractal incorrectness.
Basically, I guaranty that your car drives like crap. It is in your cars best interest to trickle some, if not just dump, money into everything that keeps the wheels from kicking the bodywork off. The fact that an RX-7, let alone any sports car, has been driving around with a roll bar in that condition serves as a giant red flag as to the attitude of the previous owner. Dismissing this advise would be a red flag in regards to your attitude concerning that car.
Also, tackle that rust before it becomes a real problem.
Your car has more roll on the front end than most other cars, I bet. I'd even bet it oversteers like a Formula D car. Everything I see in that pic is fractal incorrectness.
Basically, I guaranty that your car drives like crap. It is in your cars best interest to trickle some, if not just dump, money into everything that keeps the wheels from kicking the bodywork off. The fact that an RX-7, let alone any sports car, has been driving around with a roll bar in that condition serves as a giant red flag as to the attitude of the previous owner. Dismissing this advise would be a red flag in regards to your attitude concerning that car.
Also, tackle that rust before it becomes a real problem.
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Is the end of the sway bar that's sticking out from the bushing splined?
You are missing the blue part in this pic...
http://www.fd3s.net/anti-sway_bar_mounts_FTL2.jpg
Can you take a picture of the other side or does it look the same?
I also spot a racing beat sway bar reinforcement bar in there..
You are missing the blue part in this pic...
http://www.fd3s.net/anti-sway_bar_mounts_FTL2.jpg
Can you take a picture of the other side or does it look the same?
I also spot a racing beat sway bar reinforcement bar in there..
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What is the name of the part that screws to the 2nd bolt of the control arm? I'm assuming that is that part that connects to the sway bar (if the sway bar was one piece).
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This makes sense now. The previous owner had after market shocks that was held in place by 1 bolt. I assumed the factory shock was held in place by 2 bolts.
What is the name of the part that screws to the 2nd bolt of the control arm? I'm assuming that is that part that connects to the sway bar (if the sway bar was one piece).
What is the name of the part that screws to the 2nd bolt of the control arm? I'm assuming that is that part that connects to the sway bar (if the sway bar was one piece).
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