Is this legal?

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by dartman

is sway bar and anti roll bar the same thing in a f-body?

No sir.

[Mark Markow]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

No sir.

care to explain the differance?

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Mark Markow

care to explain the differance?

Sway bar = panhard bar. Locates the rear end side-to-side. Anti-roll bars control body roll. Two separate components. Body roll & side-to-side sway are two different things.
At least that's according to GM shop manuals.

[Notch1320]

And still... no one can post where the rule book states that you CAN'T weld in an anti-roll bar......

[Mark Markow]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Sway bar = panhard bar. Locates the rear end side-to-side. Anti-roll bars control body roll. Two separate components. Body roll & side-to-side sway are two different things.
At least that's according to GM shop manuals.

i'm not looking for an argument but, i guess i'll have to disagree with gm on that one . how in the world a (sway bar = a panhard rod) is beyond me. i guess a camaro with a front sway locates the front end? LOL. in my opinion a sway bar and a anti roll bar are the exact same thing. they both control body roll. i guess technically it should be called an anti-swaybar

[Ed Wright]

Mark, sway is side-to-side. A panhard bar locates/centers the rear end under the car side-to-side, but will not control body roll.
That front bar is anti-roll also.

[nolongerracing]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Mark, sway is side-to-side. A panhard bar locates/centers the rear end under the car side-to-side, but will not control body roll.
That front bar is anti-roll also.

Why do my 2 stock street Camaros have both a panhard bar and a sway bar on the rear if both do the same thing?

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by nolongerracing

Why do my 2 stock street Camaros have both a panhard bar and a sway bar on the rear if both do the same thing?

It doesn't. It has a Panhard or sway bar and that bar connecting the two lower control arms is an anti-roll bar.

[gmonde]

i have built a couple of sway bars for customers and made sure they where bolt in,,it should be good but if your welding in supports on the frame like in the "chevy artical" i wouldn't think it would fly gmonde

[hookdaddy]

You need to go back and look at the pictures again - the part that welds in under the floor is designed the reinforce the frame under the rear roll bar braces. The anti-roll bar bolts to those braces. A technicallty? Maybe but acceptable yep. The part has been around for years and is under several national & division winning Camaros & Firebirds including a recent world champs car. It's been looked at by tech guys in several of the divisions - never a problem.