LOL.... thought you guys could use a chuckle.

 

Whitey: By mounting the sway bar lower, you won't be changing the effectiveness at all. No need to worry. You're moving the mounting points *and* the end points down the same amount.

2100: The PO probably welded in a cat to get rid of some of the the P-U.

That jet boat: 0-100 in 3 seconds???? "I wondered what those leftover parts were."

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My thought there was that with lowering on the SN95, it actually increased the effectiveness, which is why Ford decreased the size of the sway bar.... AND it still handles better than a Fox. I'll mess with it, and see how it does. I'm also going to try and do it with the car on the ground (I think I can measure more accurately that way), but that car is a PITA to climb under..... I'm sure you know what I mean.

DUDE.... that is pretty righteous! Holy crap. I think that might kill me though, LOL.

 

I'm not going to argue this Ohio but the link is a lever. The length of a lever determines the lever's effect.

Purpose of the Sway Bar Link

While the driver tries to turn around a bend in a road, the suspension of the outer wheels is compressed relatively more than the suspension for the inner wheel. The inner wheel rises, but the axle attached to it lowers where the link is connected. The sway bar link transfers this change in the position of the control arm to the sway bar, which gets raised at that side. The sway bar undergoes torsion and gets twisted in order to resist the movement, and consequently the spring on the other side expands. Thus, the sway bar link transfers a change in spring compression to the sway bar that raises the spring constant for the other spring. In this manner, the difference in compression cancels out the total lean experienced by the car, and the horizontal alignment of the chassis with respect to the path remains parallel. In the absence of this action, the inner wheel of the vehicle would tend to take a wild spin and lose traction of the road. The sway bar link maintains the camber angle of the inner wheels to control its direction of motion.

 

DUDE.... that is pretty righteous! Holy crap. I think that might kill me though, LOL.

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As the James Bond movie says, "You Only Live Twice": Go for it.

 

I won't argue, but I will discuss. In a properly/optimally-designed system, the sway bar end links are vertical, and transmit the force of the suspension rising along their longitudinal axis, so there is no (or very little, because no suspension stays perfectly aligned) lever effect. Now, if too long or too short so the end link is no longer parallel to the intended direction of travel, then yes, there ends up being an angular force involved.

 

 

That is freaking sweet!
you know how there are places you can rent super cars and drive them around tracks and what not??? Yeah screw that, I would LOVE to drive a trophy truck for a day lol. Always wanted to race trophy trucks or rally cars but as you know, the midwest is not a hopping place for either of those LOL.

 

i love my 5.4 liter!!

 

INDEED!!!
Holy hang time, Batman!

On a completely different, but previously addressed subject, I thought you folks might like to see this follow-up on 5G.

No, 5G Is Not Causing Coronavirus (or Anything Else)

There's a lot of good info in the article, but unfortunately, the tin-foil-hat types probably wouldn't take the time to read it.