I am looking at a "new" rear sway bar assembly on ebay for my 68 that seems to be very good. The only problem is when I e-mailed the seller asking him about this kit, he says that the only thing missing is the installation instructions. My car at present has no rear sway bay at all. If this kit is complete, how difficult would it be to install this.

[ 09-11-2003, 03:21 AM: Message edited by: garfield ]

Ask him who the manufacturer is, then see if they can supply instructions.

Thats a good idea...Thanks graemlins/thumbsup.gif

You might want to search, because I remember reading that rear sway bars aren't all that important to our cars.

I found a solid 1" front end sway bar on e-bay that seemed like a pretty good deal. I won the bid, and now the "gentleman" that posted it for sale has sent me 2 (two) mailing addresses (both on opposite parts of the country) and a phone number that is disconnected :eek: . I think I smell trouble with this guy. I sent him a return email telling him about these problems and now I'm waiting to see what his response will be..( and no, I have not sent him any money yet) smile.gif

Originally posted by jimfulco:
Ask him who the manufacturer is, then see if they can supply instructions. I sent him an e-mail asking about this and am now waiting to see what his response will be smile.gif

Why would you add a rear sway bar without balancing it with a proportionally stiffer front bar? Just adding a rear bar will increase rear roll stiffness and increase limit oversteer. Chassis tuning involves balance - you can't just "bolt on" a rear bar and expect an improvement without tuning the front as well (but the catalogs don't tell you that - they just want to sell bars). :rolleyes:

Dooh redface.gif :D

As you increase tire width and move more weight bias to the rear, the rear roll stiffness may need to be increased via an anti-roll bar.
You only need it if you have too much understeer.
Many racers try to get by without one as they believe it hurts traction out of the corners.

The rear leaf springs start twisting in roll which gives a rear bar effect. If you install polly bushings on the rear shackles, that effect increases. Stiffer springs all around and larger front bars will reduce body roll to where the rear spring twist is not a problem.

I found with race tires, springs and bars, I needed a small rear bar for autocross.
It was very easy to go too stiff with the rear bar.
If you look carefully at most aftermarket Camaro rear bars, like the Addco bar, they have very long arms and are pretty thin diameter, they don't do much.
CarlC put one on his Camaro and I think he said it helped. He has quite a bit of traction and front and rear springs with Hotchkis front bar.
David