First-Gen S10 Corner Carver

[jerome]

The ZQ8 bar is pretty beefy, and I already have slightly higher spring rate (700lb) than stock. Actually, do you know if the ZQ8 bar is hollow? That might explain why its so big. I'm not planning on putting a rear bar on, so there's a good chance that the stock bar will be adequate. It all comes down to tuning, and then adjusting bar size to make it handle and accelerate right. I already have a stock bar, so I think I'll just slap that back on and see how well it works.



Does the rear ZQ8 bar go behind the rearend? Part of the reason I'm not planning on a rear bar is that the pinion is offset to the passenger for the ford explorer 8.8, so a S10 bar probably wouldn't work. Also I'll be running a panhard and coilovers that would make it pretty much impossible to run a bar behind the rearend. It would have to be in front of it, I think II much has a setup like that. I figure if I get the reasonable high spring rate for the back then I won't need a bar. I still don't fully understand how spring rates affect everything, so i'll need to do some reading on it.

Anybody with an S10 and coilovers have their spring rate handy so I at least have a ballpark number to start with? syborg what did you go with, or how did you pick a spring rate?

As for the seat track, I do have seat tracks, but I think the original owner put them in himself (possibly to get buckets instead of bench) and they are held in with 4 bolts. I need to get the seat lower than it is now, so I don't think tracks would help, I just need to cut out the humps in the floor to make it sit flat and then weld in reinforcing plates. Thanks for the tips though!

Jerome