Front & Rear sway bars
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Depends on what your looking for. If its for carving corners then the reading I have done as of late has indicated that leaving the stock front and going with a 1" rear is a good place to start. If its for the track then a big bar like the H&R is what your looking for.
I just got a crapload of parts that haven't found their way on the car yet, so at this point I'm just a spectator. :smile:
HTH
I just got a crapload of parts that haven't found their way on the car yet, so at this point I'm just a spectator. :smile:
HTH
Gary Wells
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For "G-Body" cars, there isn't any 1 1/8 or 1 1/4 rear sway bar made currently. So that leaves you with going to a 1" rear sway bar upgrade, or taking the big plunge for a 1 3/8" ATR replacement, or the big H & R parts bar set-up. I chose the 1" Global West rear sway bar, and I am quite happy so far. My personal belief is that a 1 1/8 or 1 1/4 might be better, but none is currently made, and I think that the 1 3/8 rear sway bar is to big for most normal driving. For drag & pure street, I would think that the 1 3/8 or H R Parts set-up would be unbeatable. I just talked to BMR yesterday, and even though they currently show sway bars in both their on-line and other catalog, they were having trouble getting any deliverables, and have since discontinued either rear sway bars, or both sway bars. Let me know if you find a 1 1/8 rear sway bar from a reputable manufacturer. HTH
I have the 1" bar in the back, and the 36 mm "F" body bar in front. Lean is noticeably less, and less tire squeal when I go down an exit ramp in a hurry. I have 15" tires all around- 235-60X15. The tire size, springs, shocks, and sway bars all work together, so there are a zillion combinations, to match every driving style.
Wells
Wells,
I thought I had seen a sway bar advertised from BMR but when I went to look at it last night it had been removed. If I remember correctly they showed it on a white Monte Carlo. I was wondering what happened and you just answered that question. I have been thinking of putting a 1 3/8" sway bar on the front of the car and installing a 1" on the rear. The car never had a rear one installed when the car was bought new from the factory. I was looking for something to increase the handling and just overall help the car perform better. I see that some companies do offer a package deal and was thinking I would go that route. Now I just need to find a deal.
Brian
Wells,
I thought I had seen a sway bar advertised from BMR but when I went to look at it last night it had been removed. If I remember correctly they showed it on a white Monte Carlo. I was wondering what happened and you just answered that question. I have been thinking of putting a 1 3/8" sway bar on the front of the car and installing a 1" on the rear. The car never had a rear one installed when the car was bought new from the factory. I was looking for something to increase the handling and just overall help the car perform better. I see that some companies do offer a package deal and was thinking I would go that route. Now I just need to find a deal.
Brian
Gary Wells
White turbo Buick trailer park trash
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- Mar 2, 2002
----------------------------------85monte said:Wells,
I thought I had seen a sway bar advertised from BMR but when I went to look at it last night it had been removed. If I remember correctly they showed it on a white Monte Carlo. I was wondering what happened and you just answered that question. I have been thinking of putting a 1 3/8" sway bar on the front of the car and installing a 1" on the rear. The car never had a rear one installed when the car was bought new from the factory. I was looking for something to increase the handling and just overall help the car perform better. I see that some companies do offer a package deal and was thinking I would go that route. Now I just need to find a deal.
Brian
What size of front sway bar do you have now. My factory one is 1 1/4, (1.25) and I think that is optimum for me. Keep in mind you might want room for an aftermarket intercooler down there, and that is a secondary reason that I am staying with the factory front 1.25 bar.I am running a Thunderfab now and plan sticking with that. All my life I have overcarbed, overcammed, & overjetted and I really believe that on the turbo Buicks it is better to start small & increase as nececcary 1 part at a time, after a certain point. You might be happier "rolling your own" rather than a package deal. Package deals compromise somewhere generally.
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