Improving 60' times

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Wed Sep 19, 07 2:46 pm

I'll check it out

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Sep 19, 07 2:46 pm

Yes. I was right. Here it is;

http://www.firmfeel.com/swaybars_e.htm

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Sep 19, 07 2:53 pm

I was looking at that and thought it might restrict over the axle exhausts, it would certainly be a squeeze.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Wed Sep 19, 07 3:00 pm

Cool

Hey Neil, your right ...hence no exhaust for the picture...i looked straight through that.. that would be tight, Thanks

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Sep 19, 07 3:28 pm

Nope. It doesn't get in the way. Plenty of room. Factory sway bars were like this.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Wed Sep 19, 07 3:31 pm

Even better

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Sep 19, 07 3:32 pm

My mate Eddie's Challenger. Not a great picture but you can see the pipe snaking through to the foreground.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Wed Sep 19, 07 3:37 pm

Loads

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Sep 19, 07 3:38 pm

just wondered as they were a TA/AAR fitment, or were they fitted to other models as well?.

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Wed Sep 19, 07 4:13 pm

does putting an extra middle size leaf in the right hand spring help to a certain extent as well?

some of the chaps in Oz use to do that im sure

somthing to do with stiffening up the bit of spring infront of the axle to stop the diff twisting up as much with the action of the propshaft

or am i talking through me hat again

dave

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Wed Sep 19, 07 5:34 pm

If you look at the superstock springs they have an extra leaf in the right, also the leafs are all differing lengths with the left ones sort of getting stiffer behind the axle.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Sep 19, 07 5:50 pm

neil wrote: just wondered as they were a TA/AAR fitment, or were they fitted to other models as well?.

Yes they were fitted (usually optional) to other Challenger models but also to B-Bodies and A-bodies.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Sep 19, 07 6:13 pm

Actually I just found a reference that says the AAR and T/A were the first Mopars to have a rear sway bar. It was only later that they became optional on other models.

You should never go too heavy on a rear bar. 3/4 is enough. 7/8ths at most.
Make the rest up by fitting poly rear spring bushings and increasing the rear spring rates. Along with matching front rates (in relation to the front/rear weight ballance) this makes the car more ballanced all round.

But some increase in rear spring rate on the right rear will still be needed in drag racing. Just not as much when you have a sway bar.

I have the front eye on that side mounted slightly lower than on the other side.......

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Sep 20, 07 11:28 pm

my best 60 ft time was 2.16 ,then ( after some distributor mods) early this year got a 60 ft time of 1.8 ...................... on 7 cylinders!! due to lifters on no.1 cylinder having popped out

looking forward to next year and 53 more cubes

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu Sep 20, 07 11:29 pm

..and some oil pressure....