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  • New Spohn "drag race" rear sway bar!!!

    I towed the Formula up to Denver, PA on Friday, so Steve Spohn could install one of his new "drag race" rear sway bars. This is a killer setup, for high HP cars that can pull the front wheels substantially. By using a HUGE rear sway bar, it keeps the body from twisting in response to the torque, and keeps the front wheels level - and the loading to the rear wheels even - as the front wheels come up off the pavement. Also keeps the car pointed straight down the track, at that critical point when you can't steer it .

    This is sort of the next step up from using an airbag in the passenger side rear spring (the ones in the pic below need to be removed). If you have ever seen a pic of a car pulling the front wheels, and seriously bent out of shape, it is because they do not have the "drag race" rear sway bar.

    I would hesitate to use this on a car that is a daily driver, because the body is going to be restricted from rolling at all, and I have no idea what the affect would be on the steering.



    The bar is 1-5/16" (33mm) chrome moly solid rod. Rod ends are super premium QA1 high rotational movement, with Kevlar pads.

    Nice thing about this kit is that it can be installed at home, simple bolt in, in about an hour. It uses the stock location to replace the stock body sway bar brackets with a new bracket, that is bolt-in. After you get it all together and get it set up, you can take it to a welding shop and have the brackets welded in. Compared to the Wolfe bar, this is far simpler, and attaches the end links to the strongest part of the subframe. Also recommended, but not essential, is tack welding of the u-bolts to the axle tubes.

    If you want any more into, send me an e-mail. This is the first install of one of these bars, and it is not in the Spohn online catalog yet.
    Fred

    381ci all-forged stroker - 10.8:1 - CNC LT4 heads/intake - CC solid roller - MoTeC engine management - 8 LS1 coils - 58mm TB - 78# injectors - 300-shot dry nitrous - TH400 - Gear Vendor O/D - Strange 12-bolt - 4.11's - AS&M headers - duals - Corbeau seat - AutoMeter gauges - roll bar - Spohn suspension - QA1 shocks - a few other odds 'n ends. 800HP/800lb-ft at the flywheel, on a 300-shot. 11.5 @ 117MPH straight motor

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    More pictures

    A few more pic's:

    Upper mounting bracket, bolted to stock location-



    Welded mounting bracket-



    Attaching end links to bracket-



    Beefed up bushing mounting brackets-



    Fred

    381ci all-forged stroker - 10.8:1 - CNC LT4 heads/intake - CC solid roller - MoTeC engine management - 8 LS1 coils - 58mm TB - 78# injectors - 300-shot dry nitrous - TH400 - Gear Vendor O/D - Strange 12-bolt - 4.11's - AS&M headers - duals - Corbeau seat - AutoMeter gauges - roll bar - Spohn suspension - QA1 shocks - a few other odds 'n ends. 800HP/800lb-ft at the flywheel, on a 300-shot. 11.5 @ 117MPH straight motor

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    • #3
      Nice - what format are you using to post your pictures? I have pics of the UZ up on jackstands that can be used as barstools, but the files are too big.

      Hyper

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      • #4
        Will these work with a Moser 9"?





        KnightFire
        1993 Formula Firebird
        Check Homepage for mods and photos...

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        • #5
          drool!

          VERY nice Fred!

          Wish I were pulling the wheel's so I would have an excuse to buy one of those

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          • #6
            Confirmed.... this will install on the Moser 9-inch.
            Fred

            381ci all-forged stroker - 10.8:1 - CNC LT4 heads/intake - CC solid roller - MoTeC engine management - 8 LS1 coils - 58mm TB - 78# injectors - 300-shot dry nitrous - TH400 - Gear Vendor O/D - Strange 12-bolt - 4.11's - AS&M headers - duals - Corbeau seat - AutoMeter gauges - roll bar - Spohn suspension - QA1 shocks - a few other odds 'n ends. 800HP/800lb-ft at the flywheel, on a 300-shot. 11.5 @ 117MPH straight motor

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            • #7
              Thanks for the confirmation broh...I'm gonna see how dual air bags work before thinking about something as radical as this product. But its definately SWEET!



              KnightFire
              1993 Formula Firebird
              Check Homepage for mods and photos...

              KnightFire's Lair


              Amsoil Dealer

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Hyper94uznj
                Nice - what format are you using to post your pictures? I have pics of the UZ up on jackstands that can be used as barstools, but the files are too big.

                Hyper
                The photos are taken with a cheapie 1meg Kodak DC210+, in 1152x864 format. I dump them into Photoshop, and reduced them so that they are no larger than 800x600, and compress them so that the file is no larger than 100K. I used to take smaller format, but I just picked up a 256MB compact flash chip, and it will hold over 900 photos at the highest quality, largest format settings.
                Fred

                381ci all-forged stroker - 10.8:1 - CNC LT4 heads/intake - CC solid roller - MoTeC engine management - 8 LS1 coils - 58mm TB - 78# injectors - 300-shot dry nitrous - TH400 - Gear Vendor O/D - Strange 12-bolt - 4.11's - AS&M headers - duals - Corbeau seat - AutoMeter gauges - roll bar - Spohn suspension - QA1 shocks - a few other odds 'n ends. 800HP/800lb-ft at the flywheel, on a 300-shot. 11.5 @ 117MPH straight motor

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