[Fot] 1” sway bar for TR4

[Joe Boruch]

 Coleman Racing sells the tubular splined sway bars and the matching splined ends.  They do not, however, bend the ends.  Earlier this year I bought steel ends for a Miata that I am building and had a local welding shop with a press brake bend them for me.  I chose steel ends instead of aluminum out of concern about how they would hold up to bending.  When I built a Honda S2000 with the same parts from Coleman I bent the steel ends myself with using a torch and hammer, but that was just one simple bend, not an offset bend.  In both cases I lightened the sway bar end by drilling holes.  JoeB
    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 08:40:32 AM EDT, Jack Wheeler via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
  Sprint cars use tubular sway bars.  I used a 1 1/8" front bar on my TR-4.  It was tubular so weighted a lot less than a solid bar.  It was splined on the ends and I used aluminum arms, which were machined to slide onto the splines on each end.  Find a local speed shop, or someone who builds or races sprint type cars, and I'm sure you can find these tubular bars.
Good luck.
Jack

   
  
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