Quote Originally Posted by Dave Severson
What a coincidence, the same scientific approach I use!!! I conduct my "Does it need a sway bar" evaluation on this curvy road around the lake... On one particular curve, if I can come into it at 45 and have an exit speed of 55, no sway bar required..... Before I put the bar to the car, I also play around a bit with spring rates and shock valving.... If I do use a bar, I always use one with adjustable end links for adjustment...Figure if I have to carry the extra weight, might as well make it work!!!!
The nice thing about just going out and buying an IFS chassis like a TCI is you have a chance to check a box for a rear bar - the front is standard. They will just extract a few more bucks from you, with no questions asked. If I were to build my own, say with ASC rails and some carefully chosen components from 1 (800) HOT RODS, then my choices would be as you and Ken described. Regardless, I, personally, would probably still have one by the time I was done with the chassis build - I am all to aware of how adding one to a pick up truck and a heavier version to my '86 Mustang GT helped.