Sway Bar Suggestion

[Mr Nick]

What front and rear (if needed) sway bars would you suggest with my combo?

1969 Cutlass, pretty much full weight.

Stock style front suspension, GW negative roll UCA's, GW lowering springs, B-Body spindles, Edelbrock shocks, quick ratio box.

Rear suspension, Hotchkis lowering springs, Edelbrock shocks, Edelbrock triangulating braces, UMI adjustable upper and lower control arms.

Currently running stock 15 wheels with BFG Radial TA tires, but they will be upgraded to 17's or 18's, with approx 245 front tire, and 275-295 range rear tire.

Looking for a well balanced street feel.

Thanks,
Nick

[zbugger]

I kinda like the Hotchkis stuff. I really like the A-Body Extreme rear sway bar. It's adjustable, so you can use it to fine tune your car a bit more. But it does cost more.

[Mr Nick]

I kinda like the Hotchkis stuff. I really like the A-Body Extreme rear sway bar. It's adjustable, so you can use it to fine tune your car a bit more. But it does cost more.

I've heard the Hotchkis front bar is hollow and rather light too, truth?

[zbugger]

They are. I have the hollow front bar for my Camaro and it's an obvious weight difference. The Extreme rear bar for A-Bodies is also hollow. On the site it says that it has two stiffness settings as well.

[Hotchkis]

Over the past 13 years we've found a way to build an adjustable sway bar that's just as strong as solid, but significantly lighter for improved performance. Sway bars work off of torsional force (twisting motion). Therefore, the material in the center of a solid bar plays little role in the resistance of torsional force. With this in mind, we have eliminated some of the center material and also moved some to the outside of the tube, where it is most effective. In turn, this produces a sway bar that is lighter in weight and just as stiff, if not stiffer than solid. For example, a 1'3/8" hollow bar is equivalent to a 1'1/4" solid. But the 1'3/8" hollow bar is 6% stiffer and 43% lighter than the 1'1/4" solid.