DRock
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Hey that's Kris's car!
Sam,
My guess is that folks looking to put monster rear tires (285+) on their car would be going with the Whiteline rear sway bar for tire clearance.
Francis
there are rear bars that can have preload adjustment with the stock mounting points. i believe they use an eyebolt at each end of the axle while the ends of the bar itself use the blade type design. so it can be adjustable and still keep the same leverage as the original bar thus reducing its size.
im not sure about stranoparts bar but it seems this may be the style(blade type) he is referring to.
as for sprung or unsprung, you are correct to assume that bars share the majority of the weight associated, but due to the fact that the bar mounts are directly at the axle on the uncut side of the bar i would suspect you have added more weight on the unsprung side. i wasnt on the suspension side of things during my time at FMC.
i do like the fact that preload is adjustable with the wheels on and the car at ground level. the axle brackets scare me though, any chance for slipping? i guess ill see tomorrow when we install the LCA's/UCA and brackets.
oh and FWIW, i run the NON adjustable rear FRPP bar and front adjustable bar made by eibach. so im a bit non biased at the moment.
Sam ran 315s with his bars with no issues, as do others. I run 285s on stock bars with no issues. Just throwing another $0.02 into the pot.
My stuff is proven, it wins. It's been developed in public (come to any autocross or my shop and see if for yourself). I realize that others are using things on their cars, but the results aren't there, they just aren't there.
...It also helped my decision that it CAME with adjustable endlinks included for $239 shipped.
Additionally, the Whiteline unit is the only one I've seen that allows you to adjust preload on the rear bar. There is simply no way to do this on rear bars that use the OEM design. Obviously this is only an issue for those who corner-balance their cars, however.
Seems like it'd be easy enough to do. Probably tougher to sell enough kits to make the effort worthwhile from a business standpoint, though., though I'd love a way to adjust preload balance on the stock rear bar, but I've not seen anything yet to accomplish that.
Wow, really?
Tell that to Vorshlag, who runs Whiteline bars (front and rear), a Whiteline Watts link, and took first place at Time Attack Texas, and was also, by the way, the only non-AWD car to break into the 40s.
I think the Vorshlag guys would agree that a win at the Solo Nationals is harder / more prestigious than a win at a local time trial. Not that that has anything to do with the product at hand - There are valid arguments for both styles IMO. Just different ways to skin the cat. I'll likely skin it in a way that is different than either of those.