Quote Originally Posted by deuce4papa
Could the ride of the coilover suspension be improved by mounting them at a 60 degree angle and running a sway bar of 35" or 36" length so that the sway bar would react sooner to the body sway? The upper coilover mounting would have to be narrower than what C9's 32 chassis picture shows. Just a thought. I believe the Deuce Factory sway bar is approximately 27" in length and 3/4" diameter. The longer sway bar would need to be a larger diameter to use this setup.

Not a bad idea, but it seems that cranking the coilovers over so far would give the chassis/body combo too much leverage on the springs.

The ride on my 32's not bad, it's the lack of travel that is the problem.

The 32 has a panhard bar as long as will fit between frame rail and rear axle.

The 31 on 32 rails roadster pictured above has a much shorter panhard.
I like the long ones, but this should do ok.

I ran into a bit of a packaging problem with transverse spring, 4 links inside the frame rails, sway bar and the panhard.
I still have to make and package fuel tanks under the chassis as well as have room for the battery on one side and fuel pumps on the other - ahead of the rear axle.
(I'm striving to have an empty trunk - got tired of the fuel cell always being in the way in the 32's rumble. Not to mention the limitations of the rumble . . . never again.)
The way things are working out - so far - I'll be able to carry a spare tire.

Clearances are pretty tight, but the rear suspension has been cycled several times during the chassis build when it was sitting on a frame table.
No problems and things operated smoothly.
(Spring disconnected fwiw.)

I should gain some clearance between panhard and rear axle when the rear axle gets adjusted 3/8" - 1/2" forward for a better visual fit in the rear fender area.

My pal has a 29 full fendered roadster with the very short aftermarket panhard bar and handling is ok on it.

Both TCI and Chris Alston Chassisworks have larger diameter sway bars.
Alston's is aimed at the drag race crowd and may be overly stiff for our light street-driven cars.
The TCI makes it - imo - for street use and looks to be stiffer than the Deuce Factory sway bar . . . although the DF sway bar does the job just fine on the 32.
Not to mention its small and compact and the reason I got another one for the 31.