Sway Bar and CC Upgrade

Hmmm.... When I read CC upgrade I thought you were going to add cubic centimeters and got all excited about another engine thread and build....

Way to go, Robert. I'm about to tackle the same job--front and rear bars--on Bridget.

The whole job was so easy I thought I was doing it wrong.

That ^ is funny because its SO true! 

Where were you trying to go snowmobiling at.  What do you ride?  I have a 2013 RMK Pro 800 163 Retro. Said I have it because ever since I bought it we have had no snow. 

@Stephen

I ride a 2013 Polaris RMK Pro 600 155

Trying to ride up at Tamarack and Kaiser but all of the snow has left us below 9,000'.  I got plenty of riding in earlier this year but now I'm going to be back in the Polaris RZR or the Suzuki DRZ 400.

I'm on my agency's OHV Team so I get to do a lot of riding.  

Just got back from a 70 mile ride, with Troy S. and Teby S., in the  BEAUTIFUL Sierra Nevada Mountains in Fresno County. We have some of the finest twisty roads and gorgeous scenery available without a prescription.  Miles of switchback and 180 degree turns and edge of the cliff roadways.

The new sway bar and CC worked great. No body roll whatsoever. The front and back end felt tighter and the feeling that transferred back into my hands was unmistakable roadway. In fact the CC kept things so tight back there that in the one of the turns I went in a little hot and instead of braking prior to the turn I opted to power through it and the back end scooted out on me some. Not full on drifting but enough to change my perspective while going around the corner.  Kept the gas pedal steady, no brake, and steered into the slide. It was smooth as whipped butter.  Before when I had a turn similar to that the back end was rolling and pitching something fierce.

Thank you CB Performance and Empi.  Love it.

So, that little report did more to sell Terry's Tour de Hoe than anything a flatlander could ever come up with.

Good for you, Robert. 

Robert, after installing the CB compensator, did you notice any jacking or raising of the rear end of your car?  And is your car lowered from stock in the rear?  I'm going back and forth between the CB (strap type) and Empi (saddle type) compensator and have heard that the CB will pull the rear axels down on lowered cars.  I agree with you that CB is a great shop with very helpful staff.

@ Yrekadad - I believe my car is lower than stock but I don't know by how much.  Measuring from the floor through the center of the hubcap to the bottom of the fender wells my car sits at 20 7/8" in the back and 23 3/4" in the front.  The ride height did not change after I installed the rear CC.  The straps do not fit tightly over the rear axles. In fact they are a tad loose.  I initially thought the strap was a metallic material but when I bought it I realized they were made from a heavy duty reinforced leather like material, almost like Kevlar.

My reason for going with them is that I read somewhere on either this blog or another that without the strap people had issues with the Empi CC coming out from underneath the axle in a hard turn and getting jammed on the side of it causing a whole new problem. 

Robert, thanks for the info.  My car is within 1/4" of your rear height, so the CB should work.  I agree that the design seems superior to the EMPI.  Do you feel that installing the longer case bolts was necessary, or did they recommend that?

@Yrekadad, my Beck also measures 20 7/8" in the rear with the CB compensator installed. Get the longer case bolts...just makes the install that much easier, and they are easy to switch out!

Robert - excellent report on handling improvements! Sounds like your EVOC training came into play. 

Again, somewhere while researching this idea someone recommended it, I asked about it at CB Performance, and he gave me the longer studs for free.  I was glad I got them because with the stock length studs I don't feel there would have been enough threads for the nuts to grip.  Super easy to change out. Loosened one of the nuts from one of the studs and put it on the next stud and gripped the nut closest to the transmission and backed it out.  The stud came right out.  Used an allen wrench to put the new one in with a little Loctite.  Well worth it.

Robert took Teby and I on some local roads that we had never been on before and they were spectacular!  I was kicking myself for not having brought my GoPro.  We plan to do it again.