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Jockin 03 Cobras
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Looking into investing in eibach's anti roll kit with bigger diameter front and rear sway bars. Also a bit stiffer. Has anyone noticed a difference after installing these or any other brand for that matter? Are they worth the money?
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MikeD.
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For drag racing, your not going to want a front sway bar at all. I want to uprgade to the Eibach aswell. I know my brother threw a Steeda rear anti roll kit on his 93 cobra an noticed a huge improvement in body roll and stiffness of the ass end. Its just one of those things that don't make your car faster, so its hard to invest in it.
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when i bought my convertible, it already had steeda sway bars installed in the front and rear. i like it and i would recommend it if you're after handling. it helps minimize body lean which is a plus for the fox body.
i've added sways on previous cars and have always been happy with them. it doesn't necessary make your car go faster, but it does make it more fun to drive.
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Jockin 03 Cobras
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Yeah at this point I'm done with motor and such mods. I plan to track the car at some point so now its suspension time. Won't do much drag racing. I'm gladd to hear they make a difference though. Looks like I will be obtaining some
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cobraracer46
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I installed the Eibach sway bar kit on my 2001 Cobra convertible and the handling improved noticeably. I would recomend the Eibach sway bar kit on a mustang that already has Eibach pro kit springs.
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Blind
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Maximum Motorsports tech recommends to never change out the stock swaybars on a mustang, until changing to the adjustable style.
and yes sway bars make a HUGE difference in drag racing, if you don't have an adjustable rear swaybar on a car with big power, it will never leave the line straight.
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cobraracer46
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Originally posted by Blind:
Maximum Motorsports tech recommends to never change out the stock swaybars on a mustang, until changing to the adjustable style.
It is interesting to note that on Maximum Motorsport's site, in the on line ordering section, you can purchase a Eibach sway bar kit.
By the way, On my Cobra, the Eibach sway bar kit reduced the body roll with no penalty in ride quality so I would not agree with the MM tech comment to never swap out the stock sway bars.
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Jockin 03 Cobras
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See I plan on running a rear pan hard bar and adjustabgle LCA's, but sometimes too much adjustability worries me. I'm fine with just having non adjustable ones that make a noticeable improvement. As long as they make a noticeable improvement
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Blind
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Originally posted by cobraracer46:
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Originally posted by Blind:
Maximum Motorsports tech recommends to never change out the stock swaybars on a mustang, until changing to the adjustable style.
It is interesting to note that on Maximum Motorsport's site, in the on line ordering section, you can purchase a Eibach sway bar kit.
By the way, On my Cobra, the Eibach sway bar kit reduced the body roll with no penalty in ride quality so I would not agree with the MM tech comment to never swap out the stock sway bars.
Maximum motorsports
there's more to the balance of a car than body roll, stiffer swaybars remove traction from the end of the car they are installed on, so a stiffer rear swaybar would make the car turn in sharper, but have less rear grip exiting a corner on power, a stiffer front swaybar will make the car understeer more than a mustang already does.
The beauty of an adjustable bar is you can play with that balance, unfortunately slapping on a set of aftermarket bars they are usually too stiff because their goal is to remove body roll. However, body roll isn't a bad thing and is better to control with stiffer springs, than stiffer rollbars.
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steeda adj rear sway bar is the shit for handling it works along with the oem sway and lemme tell ya it kills the deadly body roll my advice though is to adjust it with about 5 more threads than it reccomends....if you get one youll see what i mean good luck ![[worship]](graemlins/worship.gif) ![[burnout]](graemlins/burnout.gif)
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Jockin 03 Cobras
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I'm glad you fellas kinda know ur shit. Looks like I might need to do some more research before I go buying anything. Weigh out the benefits and sacrifices. This way I don't buy parts twice
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warhorse58gt
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Originally posted by rollin5ive0:
steeda adj rear sway bar is the shit for handling it works along with the oem sway and lemme tell ya it kills the deadly body roll my advice though is to adjust it with about 5 more threads than it reccomends....if you get one youll see what i mean good luck
+1 steeda rear sway + stock bar = win.. i upgraded to the thickest stock sway bars i could get then added the steeda rear adj. bar.. and loved it.. ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
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