LOL I just woke up. Ok, so I'll never be a carpenter. 3/4 is still a big bar. The one in my Z is only 5/8.

 

lol, that is just too funny. I wanted a 7/8" bar, but this will do for now. I still need the brackets to mount it to the frame. Bushings are easy. Pete at FBodyWarehouse over at CamaroClub.net may be able to help me out. Hopefully.

 

Are they the same bracket no matter what bar? If so post me a pic and you can have a set off one of my cars.

 

I'm sure they are the same. It is for the drop down bars, the sway bar difference in diameter is taken up by the bushing I think.



That is what I need. They don't need to be gold though.

 

Same as the sway bar I'll be out there friday. But there free.

 

The patch looks great! I use self tappers all the time for patches. I know the big time guys use those special clamps, but I don't care for them as they require a pretty good sized hole to fill.
My rear swaybar is from a '79 TA and it's 7/8". My stock front is 1" for a BB engine car.

 

I've always heard you have to match swaybars to each other. Not necessarily like a 1 inch front = 1 inch back or anything like that but that if they don't work with each other you could oversteer/understeer in turns from mis-matched setups. There's a couple of roadcourse people on the local forum I go to and I could've sworn they said that.

ATM> If Nomad doesn't hook you up with the brackets I think I might have them. I had a full setup from a 78 Trans Am but I sold the bar and struts for it. I think I still have the brackets for it though and if you need them I'll double check and see if I still have them.

 

[QUOTE=kyphur;421324]I've always heard you have to match swaybars to each other. Not necessarily like a 1 inch front = 1 inch back or anything like that but that if they don't work with each other you could oversteer/understeer in turns from mis-matched setups. There's a couple of roadcourse people on the local forum I go to and I could've sworn they said that.

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I think you're correct. Swaybars need to work as a set, but what determines the set size? There's things like shocks, weight additions, springs, engine size. Lots of variables to determine, and unless you're really into that it's a guessing game. I've always used the rule of thumb that the front always needs to be larger than the rear, but not by more than 1/4". Had a friend who did autocross and he told me that was what they did. Made sense, as I've never seen a rear larger than the front.
But I've seen many, many cars without a rear swaybar, so I don't think the "matching" thing is really correct. It's more important to keep the rear smaller.

 

You might be right. The ones i bought are 1 1/8 front and 7/8 rear. The front springs are over 600# though.

 

Yeah, but almost all the ones I've seen missing the rear swaybar are usually the ones that only care about going in a straight line.