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Heavier Sway Bar for V6?
- Thread starter Mark T
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Pumpkin
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sway bar
Mark, go out and measure the bar with a caliper, most likly it is a 5/8" , if you can find a good looking """ NOT NEW"" those guys charge way too much. Most Piners will have a 7/8" laying around,I got mine for free, good price. But if you can find one for under 30.US you should be OK ,, Unless the guy was a racer. Then you don't need a sprung one.
It may be also tires, or shocks.
Chuck
Mark, go out and measure the bar with a caliper, most likly it is a 5/8" , if you can find a good looking """ NOT NEW"" those guys charge way too much. Most Piners will have a 7/8" laying around,I got mine for free, good price. But if you can find one for under 30.US you should be OK ,, Unless the guy was a racer. Then you don't need a sprung one.
It may be also tires, or shocks.
Chuck
Unless you intend on running slaloms or other competition on a regular basis, I would recommend not using them. The polyurethane bushings will make the Alpine ride like a buckboard. The Alpine already has a pretty stiff suspension as is. Adding a larger diameter sway bar, will make it stiffer than stock, so putting in hard plastic bushings only make it ride even harder. You might be able to have fun as you cut a corner, but the ride between corners will not be fun. If you have a wife that you want to go with you on rides, she won't appreciate it either.
Jose
Jose
Dwain, I got my red Poly bushes from J.C. Whitney. They have a kit for installing roll bars of the proper diameter (can't remember the dia.). Need two kits. The bushes had to be modified slightly to fit in the Alpine bushing holders.
While the red Poly bushes are harder than rubber, they do have some give and are a popular choice for street use. As I remember from my internet search while in the market, they are about like going up one bar size. I hope to be able to give a seat of the pants evaluation this summer. They do not require any modification to the Alpine and can be swapped out if I don't like them.
Delrin bushes are very hard and most say should be for competition use only.
Bill
While the red Poly bushes are harder than rubber, they do have some give and are a popular choice for street use. As I remember from my internet search while in the market, they are about like going up one bar size. I hope to be able to give a seat of the pants evaluation this summer. They do not require any modification to the Alpine and can be swapped out if I don't like them.
Delrin bushes are very hard and most say should be for competition use only.
Bill
Mark T
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Just got around to checking out the bushes and the diameter of the sway bar. The bushes are soft rubber and appear to be in fairly good shape. I used my micrometer and the sway bar is exactly 3/4" in diameter.