Fred Jeter

What will my car drive like on daily basis if i remove the front swaybar? Will my front-end suffer from this? What are the pros and cons as far ar removal(swaybar)

Dave Feerst

no, removing the front sway bar will make your front end "loose" The car will feel like its going to flip on corners at any decent speed.

The only time you should remove it is for drag racing
#1 its about a 25 pound weight reduction
#2 the front end lifts off a little easier which helps "plant" the rear tires for traction.
I hope that helps.

FLIPPINZ28

mine is removed works great without it i wouldnt try to hang any turns though but i dont drive like that anyway so no need for it on my car

RamAir95TA

I've had mine removed for over a year now, and I don't even notice it. It's a 12 pound reduction off of the nose (not 25lb), and assists in front-back weight transfer on the launch. It also allows the front end to rise faster and easier, planting the rear tires.

Mine is also my daily driver, and you'll result in launches like you see in my avatar.

Dave Feerst

but why get a performance car and get rid of the performance handling?

weight depends on which one you have, the TA/ SS one is heavier. and some of the aftermarket ones are 40 pounds.

RamAir95TA

The stock LT1 T/A / Z28 swaybar is 12 pounds...I've weighed both. As far as performance handling goes...well. Do you think George Baxter's 1,200HP convertible will run an auto-cross course flawlessly? Of course not...it's suspension is tuned for straight-line acceleration. Some people will choose one way or the other. I've chosen mine for drag racing, not autocrossing.

And personally, it still handles well without the swaybar.

FLIPPINZ28

oh it still handles good but woudnt do any cross road racing for instints(taking a turn at 70) i wouldnt do that with my sway bar but some folks try it whatever floats your boat and makes your s*** stink.

Injuneer

My Formula front swaybar, endlinks, bushings/brackets and the extra sheetmetal on the drivers side, plus all bolts - everything I removed - weighed 17#.

Removing the bar definitely increase body roll significantly. And I'm basing that on having driven both my car, and George Baxter's car on the street..... . George put the rear inner fender edge into the side of a 315/35 tire on his first attempt to corner the car hard after removing the front bar. It never came close to hitting with the sway bar in place.

I personally would not remove it on a daily driver. You can get the "uncoupling" benefits - allowing the front end to rise faster (and also not as level) - simply by unbolting one end link. That just leaves you with the weight.

I also found that to keep the car level on a hard launch, I needed to beef up the rear sway bar (Spohn "race" sway bar), and the extra weight that added to the rear was more than the weight removed from the front.... so it was more a matter of weight transfer than reduction.

jeremyferguson

NICE!!