Stano Swaybar Question

[derieuz]

Yesterday I stumbled across a post with a company that made a rear sway bar that was the same diameter as the OEM PP bar but it was solid instead of hollow and had 3 adjustment holes. Can anyone tell me what the name/link to this sway bar?

Edit: Found the Swaybar http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetails.php?PartID=1289&CategoryID=296&ModelID=40


For a street car, do you think this is the way to go? The bar not being too much stiffer than stock with adjustability? I would like to get rid of understeer and most suspension companies' rear sway bars are in the 60-70% stiffer range on the softest settings which I feel like would not work well with the OEM front sway bar. Opinions?

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[rainier446]

Yes. With having a slightly stiffer bar and being adjustable you will be able to fine tune it closer to where you want it instead of going from slight understeer to massive oversteer, you will go to closer to even with (maybe) slight oversteer. Strano has been the #1 choice by autox folks not only because it allows them to follow the modification rules, but it allows them to DD their car and be happy with the results.

Caveat: I haven't done anything to my sway bars on the mustang (yet), but my plan is to do the free sway bar mod on the front and do the strano bar in the rear with some better endlinks on both ends. It's nice to have the shiny and pretty massive bars with the overpriced billet mounts and whatnot but if you're looking for what you "need" then go with something more practical.

 

[NightmareMoon]

I have the Strano bar. Set on the weakest setting IIRC its about 30% stiffer than the factory PP rear bar. Same diameter, just solid. I also have a camber mod to get 2.3-ish camber up front. I think that had a bigger effect on correcting the factory oversteer than the rear bar did. Together they work well and the car is very easy to drive and rotates naturally with no sudden surprises.

I auditioned the Strano bar on the middle setting on the street, but didn't like the results. The rear would sort of hop sideways sometimes (only near the limit), so I'm guessing the rate was a bit too much for the other stock parts so I backed it back down. Maybe with sticker tires it might work.

The bar feels pretty good, but honestly its not super noticeable. The PP rides pretty flat to begin with, and like I said the camber mod probably did more. It definitely doesn't hurt if you leave it on the softer setting.

I haven't tried (its not legal in FS autox), but it would be interesting to combine the Strano rear sway on a higher setting with the free front bar mod for a street car.

The Strano bar has clamps instead of a lip to keep it from sliding side ways in the mounts. The clamps are not so awesome, and I had to ground mine down a bit to get them to fit without binding on the frame with the mounts that came with the bar. Also some grease is necessary to keep the bar from squeaking with the included mounts (which don't seem much of an upgrade compared to the factory rear sway mounts). The bar is the same size after all.

 

[RUN RICH]

Looks like Whiteline has their version too.

http://www.americanmuscle.com/enlargedviewer/60016?isPP=0&imageIndex=0

 

[kz]

I have the Strano bar. Set on the weakest setting IIRC its about 30% stiffer than the factory PP rear bar.

From Sam himself :

"My bar on full soft is about the same as a PP rear bar with two settings stiffer from there. "

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