Great rear swaybar option for 2nd gen Fbodys (may work for 1st gens too?)

[CoryM]

Hey guys,

I found a great way to do a rear swaybar on 2nd gen Fbodys. It gets rid of those flimsy brackets and makes for a very simple,clean and effective setup. Take a 3rd/4th gen rear swaybar (mounts to the axle tube with U-bolts) and point the ends of it towards the front of the car. It lines up almost perfect with the frame rails and you just need to fab up a simple/short bracket for the end links to go into. The pros are: its stiffer, more effective, simpler, better looking and lowers the weight (very slightly). The cons are you have added the weight of the swaybar to the unsprung weight.
I think its well worth it and wish I had seen it before I got rid of my camaro. Little upset that I didn't figure it out for myself considering how many times I have held a 4th gen swaybar in my hands.

[jeffandre]

I used the u-bolt idea too, but I subsituted rearend u-bolts for the swaybar ones, tightened them in the desired position, then tack-welded the custom bracket to the rearend tube. If I ever need to move it around I will just grind the tackwelds and adjust as needed. The reason I figured this out was because I had a 3rd Gen rearend and kept the swaybar parts after trading it to Vince. I didn't like the thin brackets and u-bolts, so came up with my own beefy stuff.

[pav8427]

did the same,only on a 93 silverado. takes just the right amount of push out to increase speed on some corners to work by 10-15 mph.

doug

[79TransAm]

this is a great idea, ill have to remember this when im doin my suspension...