IML: Sway Bars

[Bob Schmitt <bsbrbank@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kenyon -

You probably should look at road racing prep books.  I have a 
collection of Mopar leaflets from the '70s which were collected into 
a "Racing Manual".  The one for road racing and rally prep for the 
'64-'69 Barracuda/Valiant/Dart shows three sway bars from .88"-1.00", 
with the largest having a Roll Rate of 100/lb/degree.  It states:

>         1" or larger sway bar may be made up locally using SAE 5160 
> stock, or if not available, SAE 1060 will do.  Heat, bend and let 
> cool without quench.

I'd suspect you could scale up from these specs using the relative 
weights of the Valiant and Imperial.  The Valiant, etc. was fairly 
successful in these events, driven by Dan Gurney, among others.

Bob


At 07:19 PM 9/10/2007, you wrote:
> I have met some that fabricate sway bars, but don't seem to 
> understand the science behind them.  I have met nobody that really 
> seems to KNOW what they're about, and I've spent several hours on 
> the phone and even more searching around, so I'll ask here (but I 
> did try to do research!):
>
> I want the flattest, firmest car for cloverleafs and so forth.



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