Powerflex just came out with a nice product

https://www.powerflex.co.uk/product-...0mm/14988.html

for whatever reason the US site is "down" right now but you can see them there. The front stock fd sway bar has something like this on it. not something most would have the need for as this gets into the hardcore suspension tuning realm but it looks cool. from what i can see, the stock fd sway bar fits in the 28-30mm clamp option. we're really into simple solutions like this so just figured it was worth a share

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These have been around for a while.
I suppose it effectively makes the bar softer?
In the case of the FD, it's probably more important to make sure your mounting brackets aren't broken / flexing.

 

The device itself is not new yes but the version of them from powerflex is what I was referring to.

 

You can get generic circular clamps like these from Mcmaster for a fraction of that cost

 

been buying those on McMaster-Carr from 20+ years ago

https://www.mcmaster.com/products/sh...al~aluminum-2/

prefer aluminum myself, but steel and stainless steel are available too.
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Cool product by Powerflex but the items on McMaster are 1/2 the price.

 

this information was definitely worth the share then lol

 

https://www.mcmaster.com/products/co...aft-collars-9/

I've used these mcmaster car 2 piece collars before when the USDM bars rubber clamped bushings no longer cut it. The later JDM front bars got rid of the rubber and use straight clamped collars. Only difference in the powerflex collars is the choice of aluminum, 6082 T6.

https://www.makeitfrom.com/compare/2...82-T6-Aluminum

 

It was a valiant effort haha

 

you know what they say about the best way to find the right answer on the Internet!

 

My SuperPro sway bars comes with locating rings welded in.

 

"Parts left out cost nothing and create no service problems." ~ Bunkie Knudsen

 

This is the first time I've heard about swaybar clamps. Besides installing them to see if the car feels different, is there a way to predict if they might be helpful?

The stock swaybar mounts from my car bent, and I replaced them with upgraded ones from Mazdaspeed. This was around 2006, and I also replaced the front swaybar with a Racing Beat solid swaybar and Tripoint adjustable endlinks. That did seem to help improve the balance of the car, it tended to oversteer more than I prefer at autocross events with the stock front swaybar. The rest of the suspension is stock, including springs and shocks and rear swaybar.

 

it should make the bar more immediately effective, but it’s not unusual for a slightly stiffer front bar to induce oversteer by limiting front roll to increase tire contact patch grip more than the outer tire loading increase. Common mod in the Stock autocross class that allows changing only the front bar and not the rear.
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that is the thing about sway bars (among other suspension mods)… they decrease grip except when they don’t.

 

I do have a Racing Beat front with a 93 rear. I removed the Racing Beat rear after it bent or developed "a twist" and didn't return to straight, they never responded when I contacted them about it but it is over 10 years old so w/e.

The front did rub the paint off as it shifts side to side so I added some generic clamps to hold it. I'm using stiff Widefoot billet mounts AND a RB brace to the subframe.

I thought bigger front bar reduced oversteer...

 

there can be other factors, but once you go stiff enough; yes

the RX8 factory and aftermarket bars have stops.
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This twist is why I replaced my rear RB bar back to stock 93, also the driver side arm was bent inward from 90 deg. It does have lock rings on it from RB.

 

yeah, the solid clamp-on type are a better option imo, that’s the low cost and less effective way imo
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