baddestmofo

I've noticed that the sway bar in the front o this car is about as thick as on an f350. And that is thick! So I figure it should corner like it's on rails- but it doesn't? wtf?

Is it because the car is too narrow? are my struts shot? that might explain why I feel like I lean when I hit a bump, eh? I don't think I should. Hitting a bumb with a sway bar liike that should involve response from both sides and minimize body roll. Should be like this:

What are some of your favorite front suspension mods for street driving? I might be going there soon.

luckythirteen13

it rolls bad because the fox body flexes A LOT!! subframe connectors and a strut tower brace will help drastically. after that you can get a new k member and new springs and struts.

302army187

+1 to subframes.

those and the struts and shocks changed alot on my car.

rear control arms stiffened up the flexing of the rear for me too.


I belive my set up (in my sig) is perfect for street driving.

86HOGT

Subframes were one of the first things I did and it makes a hell of a difference!

steel1

Did alot of suspension work to mine this spring, what a difference! First I did, KYB shocks, struts, Eibach springs rear, 4cyl springs front, Rear uca's & lca's, upper torque box re-inforcements. Car handled much better after that, then when I had sub-frames welded in, it really tightened it all up!

ponyboy88

+1 on all of the above, just plan it out.

I'd do subframes first and control arms (upper but mostly lower) and then you have to make some decisions or else you'll end up paying more.

If you go a tubular k-member you have to go koil over, if you do a torque arm in the rear you wont need new upper control arms,

Check out Maximum Motorsports, they have some great quality stuff, but it has its price.

67mustang302

Definitely stiffen things up.

Also, just having a stiff sway bar up front isn't going to make the car handle better. Sway bars basically do 2 primary things.

First they transfer the compression/extension of one side of the suspension to the other side to a degree(the larger the bar the more the transfer). This lets you use the spring/shock from the one side of the car to "assist" the other side...this also prevents any 1 side of the suspension from traveling through it's range of motion much more than the other, and helps prevent body roll as well as providing an effective increase in spring/shock rate.

The second thing they do is balance the suspension. The front/rear sway bar, along with shock/spring packages help to balance front to rear traction. Basically the bigger the sway bar on the front or rear, the less bite the tires on the front/rear will have during cornering(oversimplified). Example...the car understeers when it enters a turn and wants to keep going straight...either use a smaller front sway bar or a larger rear sway bar, or both. Or if the car oversteers during turns and the back end wants to step out, put a bigger sway bar up front, and/or a smaller bar in the rear.

Once you get the chassis stiffened up, good springs and shocks will help with cornering, and something like poly bushings will help to reduce deflection and keep alignment characteristics better...then you balance it with the sway bars. Generally in most cars you want at least some sway bar up front.

baddestmofo

oooOOO

this is some good chit!