Rear sway bar only with big/little tires?

[lobudget]

I'm building a typical '32 hotrod. It's got a dropped I beam up front and a parallel 3 link/panhard out back. It has a large difference in front/rear tread widths. I expect it to have a lot of understeer when it hits the road. A rear sway bar would be pretty simple to add. Is this a combination that could be improved with just a rear bar?

[andrewb70]

You have huge rear tires and super skinny front tires and you're worried about handling? LOL...

Andrew

[dontlifttoshift]

You could never put enough rear sway bar on to balance the handling with that tire package. I can't see your PHB in any of the pics but I am guessing roll center is high enough that you wouldn't notice if the bar was there or not.

Is your frame not boxed?

[lobudget]

I haven't made up the PHB or mounts yet. Unlike the typical hotrod style (photo is of my wife's '23), the plan has been to do something like a typical Factory Five set up, full width, behind the axle so the height has options. The frame isn't done. It's not an original frame. I started with reproduction rails and a front cross member. It will be boxed.

[Skip Fix]

15x8 TA snowflakes in the background

[lobudget]

15x8 TA snowflakes in the background

Love T/As. My Mother had a new '78. My Wife had a matching number tenth anniversary four speed. I still have a black '78 I bought in 1982. I came very close to picking up a matching number, four speed, Buccaneer '73 twenty five years ago but it had rust through near the windshield trim (in El Cajon. CA???) so I decided to pass.

[Skip Fix]

Looks like the spokes are painted so a 78 wheel. Had my 78 since new. Dealer missed the check box for the WS6 but bought all those parts and 1 month too late for the 220hp W72 and an automatic tranny-but picked one of those up if I ever want it like I ordered it. 81 TA I bought as a project I threw together with spare parts and a mild 400 for my kids to drive to high school. So kind of a TA gut myself but like just about everything even street rods.

[pitts64]

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