Through July 11th, we are giving free shipping on the 35/22mm Hollow sway bars sets (ground freight, continential US only). Price for the front and rear set is $379.

For those that don't about our bars, here are some of the details:

Strano Performance bars come with body mounts, and complete endlinks. All bushings are poly, these parts are about an $80 value on their own.

Front bar is 35mm OD (1-3/8") with 6mm walled tubing. The rear bar is 22mm OD (7/8") with 4mm wall tubing. Front bar is 14 pounds, rear is 5. You save about 5 pounds total vs. stock GM bars, and up to 25 pounds in total when compared to some other aftermarket bar sets, of course how much varies depending on the comparison parts.

These bars are made to our specs by Addco. Nobody else has these bars they are exclusive to my company. The specs were developed by myself. I'm a very serious SCCA competitor with multiple National Championships. I needed a combination of bars that was not being made. And if I go through that work, it's silly not to save the weight and use hollow bars front and rear.

Hollow bars are not weak, and will not break. Your stock GM front bar is hollow! And bars get their strength as a function of the OD, and that's figured then to the FOURTH power. The inside does very little but add unwanted weight.

The bars are painted, not powdercoated, although you can feel free to have the coated if you wish. Our parts are about function and value, and powdercoat adds cost and doesn't make the product work any better....

 

Might be a silly question, but how to these perform on the street? Are they at home for daily useage or are these for more of a competition nature? I always wondered this.

 

these are awesome bars! I have been using the front bar for a couple of years now. I am using a 24mm bar in the rear. it is a little too big if you push it too hard through the turns, it will pick up the inside tire. The 22mm bar is a better match.

I'm going to orser my 2nd set soon..

 

I have the same question. Is this just overkill for a street only car?

 

If you're just driving the car normally, you'll notice very little difference (if any) in ride quality or handling. Once you start pushing the car, it doesnt matter if you're on the track or the street, you're going to see drastically reduced body roll. You shouldnt have any problem with these on a street car, but indeed you wont realize their full potential until you do some serious canyon carving or racing on a track

 

it could just be me, but i swear my old 89 stock iroc handled better than my stock 94 Z. a lot of body roll in my 94 for a sports car. I'd like to pick up a set of these myself.

 

That could be the case. The 3rd gens valving in shocks/struts was better. Iroc's that year had what like a 36MM front sway or something? A 1994 Z has worse vavling and a 30MM bar. Having less BAR (less spring rate essentially) and worse shocks wont' help handling. The 4th gen is agreed on by most to be the better platform, it just needs proper damping(shocks) and adding the sway bar helps.

Hope this helps.

On a side note too. I think you will tell a pretty good difference on a daily driver with these..its not just race cars only.

 

The sizing was derived from autox/track use. That doesn't in any way mean they are not useful on the street. First off, you can see the testimonials from those that have them, and most don't actually compete.

You will find your car hugely improved, and not just in corners either. Bars work any time the body is moving relative to wheels. Corners, uneven roads, wind gusts, etc. Is it possible to have too much bar on an f-body? Of course, anything is possible. But 35mm in front is NOT too large, the car loves a big front bar. Out back it's situation dependent, anything bigger than 22 in the back is, IMO normally too large and makes the car prone to oversteer and wheelspin out of corners.

 

I have these--I think. I bought them from a guy who said they were ST, so I thought "Suspension Techniques". But when they got here, it turned out they were brand new and had never been unwrapped, so they had the original packing list included. It was from Strano and it was listed as the 35mm front bar, but no description of the rear. So I guess it's the 22. They are painted a silver with some actual metal flake in them!

Anywhoooooo, I installed them and went for a test run. Woohoo! Just the bars make at least as much difference as when I installed my HyperCoil springs (1.5") with Bilstein shocks. I went to the same curves as I did when I installed those.

With the springs and shocks, I found the car more controllable through the twisties. I was pleased. I didn't know what I was missing without replacing the bars!!! Now that I have them, the car corners totally flat and tractable. Also, if I find I'm out of shape, I can just hit the throttle and the rear end will just whip out get me back into shape. Of course we're talking about breaking traction here, kinda "drift" style. But it comes back under control nicely and without all the rocking and jumping. Totally smooth.

On the minus side, I have a VERY steep drive way. I have to come in at an angle so that I don't drag the exhaust. With the new suspension I can feel the car bottoming out on the one side as I enter/exit the drive. The first time I went up with the bars, I actually had to let the car drift backwards and get a re-start up the hill because it was so stiff at 1 mph that I broke traction.

My car is much more fun now than it used to be!

 

No, you have ST bars (and I sell those too, so it's not unlikely that they came from us). Both are gray, and both are 35mm front bars. But that's where the similarities end. First off, my front bar is 14 pounds lighter than an ST bar is. My rear bar is about 6 or so pounds less than the ST rear bar is, and their rear is one of the 25mm monsters.

And that rear bar is why you picked up an inside rear tire and couldn't move. It's also why you made mention of the rear "drifting", which isn't what we want ideally.

In short, he likes the bars he has. But they aren't mine, and I have zero doubt he'd like mine even better. Again, I sell ST (and the very set he has I sold it seems), and if they were what I thought was best, I'd have never commissioned my bars in the first place. Again with ST the Front bar is great, but heavy. Rear bar is way too big and heavy.

 

Yup, I thought the bars were waaaaaaaaaaay heavy. But in my ignorance I thought that I should have expected that. I also thought the guy who sold them to me said it was a 25mm rear.

And you are correct that power sliding isn't optimum, but for now it's lots of fun. If I begin to worry about weight and/or get into actual auto crossing, I will probably change them out.

 

I ve got the real Strano Hollow bar kit 35/22 with all the poly bushing (that came with the kit).His product are really well made and the fittment is good so the install is very easy.

He give me so much good service that i ve aslo bought a set of Koni adjustable shock

I ve tried it and there is a huge difference.I ve tested them on highway exit and entrance(45degree + curve) at some speed that the stock bar would give me some heavy body roll and scared me.

Now the car stay stiff and even ask for more

With Sam you dont only get the best sway bar combo, but you get also a hell of a great customer service even after you have buy them.

Strano

 

 

I have just the front 35mm swaybar, and replaced the rear bushings while I was at it. The car was already lowered 1" With a set of Sam's revalved bilsteins to match. This was a bigger differance than the springs/shock change! I drive the car every single day and ever since the bar was put in, I drive it Much much much harder in the corners now

I've also had the opportunity to do a few laps around a roadcourse with it. Man the car handled like a dream. That was my first time so I really don't have much to compare it to, but I was able to push the car far harder than ever before on the street on the stock setup.

$$ for $$ this can't be beat. Some other bars are cheaper, but they don't come with the mounting hardware (add 20-30$ + Shipping) PLUS they're heavier.

So for anyone considering this -> Value = , Fun Factor = m Performance = Service =

You can't go wrong

 

Does the same shipping deal apply to only getting the front bar, or is this just for the set of two. thanks