Rear Sway Bars

Greg Gay · 06-09-2021, 09:22 PM

Evan Smith wrote a really nice article in National Dragster about sway bars, but are there other ways to make a car do the same thing. Weight preload, shock settings, shortening the passenger side upper bar on a 4 link, spring rates. Or, are each of these items doing something different than the sway bar accomplishes. One time, my Super Bee was picking up the left rear quarter a considerable amount, but the right rear was doing nothing. I had all of the clamps off the right, but no lift. Finally, I started clamping the left, just to calm it down. It did, but it also started lifting the right. I had no idea that the torque would transfer to the other side of the car. Last question in all of this: Is a sway bar even an allowable addition to a Stock Eliminator car?

Greg

06-09-2021, 09:22 PM	#1
Greg Gay Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vermont Posts: 348 Likes: 8 Liked 218 Times in 48 Posts	Rear Sway Bars Evan Smith wrote a really nice article in National Dragster about sway bars, but are there other ways to make a car do the same thing. Weight preload, shock settings, shortening the passenger side upper bar on a 4 link, spring rates. Or, are each of these items doing something different than the sway bar accomplishes. One time, my Super Bee was picking up the left rear quarter a considerable amount, but the right rear was doing nothing. I had all of the clamps off the right, but no lift. Finally, I started clamping the left, just to calm it down. It did, but it also started lifting the right. I had no idea that the torque would transfer to the other side of the car. Last question in all of this: Is a sway bar even an allowable addition to a Stock Eliminator car? Greg