I took a picture of your sway bar at Carlisle and since lost it. Can you email me a pic of the underside so I can show my mechanic what upside down means. Marty@cfgoa.com. Thanks a bunch. Marty
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I took a picture of your sway bar at Carlisle and since lost it. Can you email me a pic of the underside so I can show my mechanic what upside down means. Marty@cfgoa.com. Thanks a bunch. Marty
Marty -
Here's some pics of how a sway bar should be installed on your Speedy. Note the front bumper brackets had to be modified (notched) for clearance for the sway bar. Forgoing this notched modification, some have installed their sway bars upside down. But as you may already know, this puts the sway bar dangerously low to the road.
Also, I used a sway bar instead of a camber compensator on the rear suspension (swing axle). This required (careful) drilling of the trans-horn to install the u-bolts for the braces.
Peace - Out!
Here's some pics of how a sway bar should be installed on your Speedy. Note the front bumper brackets had to be modified (notched) for clearance for the sway bar. Forgoing this notched modification, some have installed their sway bars upside down. But as you may already know, this puts the sway bar dangerously low to the road.
Also, I used a sway bar instead of a camber compensator on the rear suspension (swing axle). This required (careful) drilling of the trans-horn to install the u-bolts for the braces.
Peace - Out!
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Jim,
Gordon has his tucked up nicley without cutting into the front beams. I crawled under and took a nice pic with my Iphone at Carlisle, but lost it when I updated my software.
Gordon has his tucked up nicley without cutting into the front beams. I crawled under and took a nice pic with my Iphone at Carlisle, but lost it when I updated my software.
Remember, Marty, that Gordon's car is a CMC, while Jim's and yours are Vintages. Gordon's front structure could well be different from yours.
Got it Lane. Just not happy with the low hanging Stock Bar I switched to. Gordon was adamant that it would be fine upside down by my guys still have it wrong. Jack said the EMPI bar worked just fine so that may be my last resort. I have a 66 VW Chassis.
Marty - FWIW, the pics I posted above are of my Vintage based on a 66 VW pan.
I think the area of concern is the front bumper mount, not part of the pan. The notch that Jim had cut is in the bumper support frame. Jimbo, does that also serve as forward body support as well? Anyway, that's where the difference in kit manufacturer may bite you. Then again, I could be completely wrong. It's been known to happen.