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nfs13b
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Rear Sway Bar

Postby nfs13b » Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:13 am

Hey All,

About 2 drag race meetings ago I removed the rear sway bar from the mx5 because people were telling me that they were only helpful for cornering. Who needs cornering for a drag car....

Anyway it has just occurred to me that the car has not really run straight since and has been a bit skatey down the track and perhaps it might have to do with the sway bar (It could also be that I am pushing the car even harder)

I am racing in QLD in 2 weeks at the Jamboree event and then the car is getting tubbed, ladderbar'd and 9inch diffed.

Does anyone in Sydney have a complete heavy duty rear swaybar that I could borrow until the 27th August (no point me buying one since I am changing the rear end) That way if it does help I can push the car a lot harder and maybe even go for a low 9 with the irs rear end.

Thanks
Lee
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Steampunk
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Rear Sway Bar

Postby Steampunk » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:43 am

If you haven't done so, have you considered changing the control-arm bushes to polyurethane?

By the way, I'd like to catch up with you at the Jamboree 8)
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nfs13b
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Rear Sway Bar

Postby nfs13b » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:57 am

1red5 wrote:If you haven't done so, have you considered changing the control-arm bushes to polyurethane?

By the way, I'd like to catch up with you at the Jamboree 8)


Yeah they have been changed, didnt actually make much difference.

Yeah come down and say hi, I will be the guy in the race suit near the car :)
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Rear Sway Bar

Postby Steampunk » Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:12 am

Cool.
Any chance for a ride? :mrgreen:
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Rear Sway Bar

Postby nfs13b » Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:14 am

1red5 wrote:Cool.
Any chance for a ride? :mrgreen:


lol, only has 1 seat in it :(
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Steampunk
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Rear Sway Bar

Postby Steampunk » Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:24 am

so?
Just race-tape me to the roll-cage
:lol:
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Rear Sway Bar

Postby mx52nv » Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:33 pm

1red5 wrote:so?
Just race-tape me to the roll-cage
:lol:


LOL :lol: :D :mrgreen: :o

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Hellmun
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Rear Sway Bar

Postby Hellmun » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:23 pm

I've got a spare NB8B 12mm Stocker plus the rubber D bushes. I broke the standard endlinks though with a 16mm bar :mrgreen:

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Rear Sway Bar

Postby irwin83r » Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:10 pm

hey mate. sorry just found this thread.

i have a spare white line adjustable rear off an NB8A. are they interchangable though?


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