Strano parts adjustable rear sway bar installed...
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Strano parts adjustable rear sway bar installed...
I got an adjustable rear sway bar from Sam Strano installed over the weekend and other than Koni shocks it's the best suspension mod I've done. The installation was straight forward with the instructions provided. I have BMR rear control arm relocation brackets installed so it was a tight fit but when I got everything bolted down I had plenty of clearance. I had to turn around the lower control arm bolt to get full adjustability which wasn't a big deal.
I was able to test the bar at an autocross the next day and I started at the softest setting. I felt slightly better steering response and better turn in. There was still some understeer but it wasn't as drastic as with the stock bar. At the lunch break I adjusted the bar to the 2nd stiffness setting and WOW, now we're talking. After 2 more runs I went from 7th to 2nd place in my class. Understeer is almost erased! The car rotates well and I'm able to get on the power so much earlier. At the end of the day I was only behind one other car for my first podium finish. (This was done on BFG KDW tires while almost everyone else in my class was on slicks.)
Next up, tires and a front sway bar. I'll probably go to the stiffest setting on the rear bar at that point.
Thanks Sam for all of your help!
Pics to come...
I was able to test the bar at an autocross the next day and I started at the softest setting. I felt slightly better steering response and better turn in. There was still some understeer but it wasn't as drastic as with the stock bar. At the lunch break I adjusted the bar to the 2nd stiffness setting and WOW, now we're talking. After 2 more runs I went from 7th to 2nd place in my class. Understeer is almost erased! The car rotates well and I'm able to get on the power so much earlier. At the end of the day I was only behind one other car for my first podium finish. (This was done on BFG KDW tires while almost everyone else in my class was on slicks.)
Next up, tires and a front sway bar. I'll probably go to the stiffest setting on the rear bar at that point.
Thanks Sam for all of your help!
Pics to come...
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Hey Ryan,
Can you provide a link to the bar you bought from Sam. I have installed Steeda springs and Koni shocks, Roush Billet rear control arms and BMR adjustable panhard bar in the last few months and am liking where my cars handling is headed. This rear sway bar may be my next mod!! Meet me in New Carlisle and let me drive your car so I can see how it feels!!
Scott
Can you provide a link to the bar you bought from Sam. I have installed Steeda springs and Koni shocks, Roush Billet rear control arms and BMR adjustable panhard bar in the last few months and am liking where my cars handling is headed. This rear sway bar may be my next mod!! Meet me in New Carlisle and let me drive your car so I can see how it feels!!
Scott
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Hey Ryan,
Can you provide a link to the bar you bought from Sam. I have installed Steeda springs and Koni shocks, Roush Billet rear control arms and BMR adjustable panhard bar in the last few months and am liking where my cars handling is headed. This rear sway bar may be my next mod!! Meet me in New Carlisle and let me drive your car so I can see how it feels!!
Scott
Can you provide a link to the bar you bought from Sam. I have installed Steeda springs and Koni shocks, Roush Billet rear control arms and BMR adjustable panhard bar in the last few months and am liking where my cars handling is headed. This rear sway bar may be my next mod!! Meet me in New Carlisle and let me drive your car so I can see how it feels!!
Scott
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Here are some pics. I need to add a washer behind the nut thats on the swaybar adjustment bolt. The ones that came with it were to thick due to my relocation brackets so I just need to drop by the hardware store and get some thinner ones. I didn't realize how dirty it is under my car until i saw it with the camera flash. LOL
Scott, I'm sure Strano can hook you up with a bar that will fit on a vert.
Scott, I'm sure Strano can hook you up with a bar that will fit on a vert.
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http://www.shelbystore.com/product-p/35115.320.htm works with a convertible. Only $219!
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Interesting. In one place it says it's for GT500's 2007-2010. Below it say's it fits 2005-2010 Mustangs and Shelbys. But it is not adjustable like the original posters. Which is what caught my eye in the first place.
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Here's a vid of my best run. I still have a lot to learn about being smooth but I'm getting there. I need to work on keeping my hands in one place on the wheel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Ad1SCJjj4
Sure is faster when you're in the car!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Ad1SCJjj4
Sure is faster when you're in the car!
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I installed that on the convertible last week: Front is adjustable, Rear is not. They do work good. Team Shelby members get an additional 15% off, and there is a $20 rebate card in the package. Less than $170 dollars for the kit, which includes both bars, poly bushings, brackets, and the billet body links. Great deal.
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Steeda has their copy out, only twice the price!
http://www.steeda.com/store/ford-mus...r-swaybar.html
Rather blatant rip-off, though looks like they modified the axle links to avoid the interference with relocation brackets (I had CHE ones, very big and beefy, and the Strano bar wouldn't fit with them -- needed to take them off anyhow, though, so no big deal for me).
http://www.steeda.com/store/ford-mus...r-swaybar.html
Rather blatant rip-off, though looks like they modified the axle links to avoid the interference with relocation brackets (I had CHE ones, very big and beefy, and the Strano bar wouldn't fit with them -- needed to take them off anyhow, though, so no big deal for me).
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http://video.answers.com/ford-mustan...tion-182717795