When I bought my '78 last summer the guy I bought it off of also had a '78 Z28. I saw both cars up on a lift. For some reason I thought my car had both front and rear sway bars. I knew the Z28 did, I must of got mine confused with it. This past spring is when I realized that my car only has a small front sway bar.

I'm going to buy front and rear sway bars from NPD (because I can afford them). I can go with a 1 1/8" or 1 1/4" in the front and a 7/8" or 1" in the rear. I just replaced my rear leaf springs with NPD 6 leaf leaf springs. The car has a slight rake to it, sits an 1 or so higher in the rear. I want to keep the stance the way it is now when I install my new front coil springs (don't have them yet).

Here is what I plan on doing to the rest of my suspension in addition to the sway bars and springs-

*15x7 5 spoke Z28 mag wheels (on car now) with 235/60-15 tires front and 255/60-15 tires rear. Cooper Cobra or Mastercraft's equivalent.
* Seriously leaning towards Edelbrock shocks all the way around.
* Going to install Competition Engineering or equivalent bolt in (will be welded too) sub frame connectors.
* Going to install a set of traction bars just to eliminate wheel hop, not setting it up for drag racing.
* Going to install new body mount bushings, ball joints, and replace all worn out steering and suspension components.

This car is going to be a daily driver/mild street performance car. It'll see a trip or two a year to the drag strip just to see what it'll do and have some fun. I want it to handle really good on the street which is where it'll spend 99.99% of it's time. What front and rear sway bar combination do you guys and gals recommend?

Thanks, NYH1!

 

Go with the 1 1/4" front and the 7/8 rear. A 1" rear bar is big. That is what I have from PTFB.

 

Thanks.

 

the bigger your sway bars the less body roll you will have