rrthorne8

now make ten more sets so we can all have some

User 121020

Lol, thanks for the props. If I had more time, I'd consider making a batch of the adapter plates.

Here are some shots of the endlink turnbuckles designed to compliment the new bar. I also added a few more degrees of bend to the arms to increase clearance to the brake line bracket.

josh7owens

I'd buy arms and a adapter plate

User 121020

The arms suck to make!

I think the SFR arms could be flattened slightly to work with this approach. So really, you'd only need an adapter plate and longer endlink assemblies.

josh7owens

If you get bored and make more adapter plates let me know.

glagola1

A few things strike me as nice about this set up: 1) You wouldn't need to remove the entire endlink in order to change the settings since there is enough room behind the shock. 2) You save a little weight. 3) No more torn steering boots.

A few cons to the SFR: 1) No ball bearing mount means more maintenance and possible wear (noise). 2) Increased angulation of endlink means even more sideways force on the swaybar arm. 3) I CAN'T BUY IT.

BirdShot

nmrado, You have all the best looking parts! Just don't do anything stupid like drive the car or you might ruin it!

Johnx

Very nice work Jake!!

Now for the driving!

john

User 121020

1. True, the bronze will wear. It is an SAE 841 oil impregnated bronze, so the wear rate should be tolerable. Still an unknown, though.

2. This is also a concern of mine. I built a simple finite element model of the arms and they are sensitive to side loading. If I add more bend angle, it improves the side loading but I'd have to remove both endlink assemblies to use the adjustment holes near the damper bodies. I'll likely try to back out how much load is being applied to the FSB by looking at roll angles from pictures. From there I can determine the stress in the arms. More to follow on this issue...

3. We'll see... I don't want to get anyone's hopes up and then not be able to deliver. I'd also like to put some miles on the setup and get actual weight of the assembly, instead of using my CAD estimates (though, they've easily been within a tenth of a pound for each component so far).

Thanks for the compliments, guys. Don't forget, Rob's bar mounts are another option to get rid of boot tears and are an alternative to the SFR bearing mounts.

RobertHorvath

nmrado,

Where did you source those bar arms?? They look like Speedway Engineering's 48-spline 30-degree steel arms?

Thanks,

Rob