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Originally Posted by Wizit247
Take a look at Kartek's site. They have the Speedway Engineering bars in solid, 0.188, and 0.250 wall in lenghts from 32" up to 39.5 in one inch increments.
$150 for the bar is about as cheap as your going to get for a quality product. They have a fair selection of arms as well including some blank aluminum bars you could have machined with some detail if you desired.  |
32" is my max width (outside edges of my rails). A 1.250" solid bar w/11" arms yields a rate of 609#. This leaves up/down adjustability (664 or 554# @ 1" increments @ the arm) for tuning. The same OD tubular bar would only yield a lower torsional rate.
For comparison, Ridetechs sway-bar used on their front C10 C/O app has a rating of 1020# (1.5" OD .250" wall construction).
I feel I need a larger bar as my starting spring rate is 750# or I would have to utilize shorter arms. Packaging wise, a larger bar would be better for my app. The only ones I see larger on the Speed Engineering site are the wider 'cup-car' spec bars (37" width).
I'll check out Kartek. Thanks for the lead.