Thread: Project Sebring GT Spyder

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Next up is the front sway bar. As I said I used a sprint car torsion bar here too. I had to wait until I actually had the wheel mounted, because I knew it was going to be a tight fit.



I made a crude wood mock up of the tire to check frame and sway bar clearance. I just clamp it around the rim with a ratchet strap. It looks like I will have to limit rack travel a little to keep the tires from rubbing on the frame. I get to that a little later. My mockup should simulate about a 255 width. I might just go with a 245 to keep from limiting rack travel too far.







The bar supports had to drop a long way to get from the kicked up frame rail to the control arm. I had to go under the CA just to get some room for the adjustment that I wanted. I used the same type of Delrin bushings that are on the rear bar. I had intended to bolt the drop bracket directly to the frame rails, but the rails aren't exactly parallel and I had to add some small stand off brackets to the frame to get a good straight surface.



I also made a small angle bracket that bolts to the lower control arm for the links. There’s not as much adjustment in it as I would like, but it’s about all I could get.





The arms for this bar have to take a pretty complicated path to get to the lower control arm. I also wanted to build in some rate adjustment just like in the rear. I suppose I could have heated and bent the aluminum arms, but wasn’t sure that I could make the tight bends with such a thick bar (1”). I switched over to a steel splined end that is made to attach to a tubular arm. I made a saddled joint and welded on a flat arm similar to the rear set up. Yes, these arms look very non-traditional, but they are strong, stiff, adjustable and more important, they clear everything and fit where they need to go.