I tend to hear " disconnected sway bars " when guys are at the track. I also dont see them for sale at SLP or used in a bunch of builds.

I have every suspension part but tubular a-arms and sway bars. Do you recommend I get sway bars for the front and rear? Are they more for the road course and not the track? Thanks for your info and help ---

 

The reason that guys don't run fronts at the track is for better weight transfer and a little weight reduction off the front end. If your looking for aftermarket bars, it seems that the Strano bars made by Sam Strano are the way to go. Larger, lighter and just as strong.

Ken R.

 

Thanks!!! Do you recommend going front and rear replacements?! ---

 

If you are upgrading the sway bars for street handling, cornering, etc, its generally better to increase both the front and the rear, to maintain the car's balance toward over/understeer. Ask Sam what you need.... he knows better than anyone here how to make them go around corners.

For us straight line addicts, the front sway bar is disconnected to decouple the left and right sides of the front suspension. That allows the left front corner to start rising sooner, allowing the weight to transfer to the rear. The sway bar would tend to hold the left corner down, until both sides of the suspension started to lift. Removing it completely takes about 17# off the nose of the car.

For the rear, drag racers often like to go to an extremely large sway bar, to keep the chassis level on launch (preventing excessive lift of the left front corner and squat at the right rear corner) and going straight down the track (particularly when the front wheels are off the ground, and you can't steer ). Removing the front sway bar and installing the huge rear one, while great for drag launches, would be completely wrong for a street car.

You have to decide which takes priority.