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OK, I'll jump into this and try to ask something that might add for the rest of us. How drastically does the addition of a rear sway bar affect the off-road performance? My truck is for work mostly, but camping and rutty muddy forest service roads on the weekends. I'd love to eliminate the rear end hop associated with the stock suspension, drives me nuts and is an actual problem encountered a good bit my first winter in this thing. I don't want to have to drive with the locker engaged because I'm constantly lifting a tire though. Anyone find disconnects that work to compensate and allow both options?
I enjoy it. I’ve built 2 Pro Touring trucks...it’s a challenge but man is it a good time. When I lived in SoCal I spent every weekend in the Malibu canyons...it was better than any therapy money can buy. I had a blown Pro Touring style 2012 Ram R/T then that would run with damn near anything that came out to play. I even got to do a Mulholland Rock Store blast with Jay Leno in the truck once...then he returned the favor in his McLaren. I still have this pic of us parked together up there.
I built my 2002 Z71 Avalanche, which I owned for 14 years. Lowered the rear 3" to level it, added wide rims and V-speed street tires, Magnacharged and pullied down, TOG mid-length headers, cammed, stalled, built 4L60E, slotted rotors and Yellow Stuff pads. Did my own tuning with HP Tuners. 285 hp stock to 475 hp; it was a blast to drive and handled surprisingly well (OEM weight distribution of 51F/49R). Worst part was it was a 6200 pound pig. My occasional need for a speed fix now comes in the form of my Grand Sport C6 Vette.
04-03-2019, 12:20 PM
