The theory is that the car was rolling so far without any sway bars, nothing
else mattered! Just keeping the tires reasonably vertical netted great
benefit.
The front bar I put on was the stock bar from the junkyard. I also got and
cut the front springs from the V8 model (mine was a 6) and the rear springs
from the station wagon. Hey, I was in high school! It's called the $50
suspension! The only "high-zoot" part was a custom rear bar from Suspension
Techniques back when they were in L.A. and did custom work. They also put
poly bushings on both bars for me. The car handled great and the suspension
design allowed stupid amounts of caster and camber on the front (rear was
live hotchkiss).
Will Kalman
'91 Escort GT
CSCC #232 STS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grd4Spd Racing" <TerrySaltzman@home.com>
To: "Will Kalman" <will@kalman.org>; "!Team.net" <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 4:33 PM
Subject: RE: AMX in autox (setup Qs)
> will,
>
> thanx for your time and reply.
>
> seeing as you have had some positive experience with the bigger bar in
front
> that is encouraging. do you think that the process was that the front bar
> was keeping the rear flat and planted, thus improving your handling? do
you
> recall what/where you got the bar?
>
> regards,
> terry
>
> Grd4Spd Racing
> "A High Performance Company"
> Grd4SpdRacing@yahoo.com
> Tel. 619.741.4881
> San Diego, CA
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> > Behalf Of Will Kalman
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 2:11 PM
> > To: !Team.net
> > Subject: Re: AMX in autox (setup Qs)
> >
> >
> > As someone who years-ago played with a '77 AMC Hornet (unfortunately
long
> > before I found autocrossing), if the car came with no or very small sway
> > bar(s), then a front bar will probably help alot. My Hornet rolled
over
> > and pushed badly and the addition of a front bar helped
> > immensely. The car
> > had so little roll control that obtaining a reasonable amount of
> > bar on the
> > heavy end was the first step. Later on, I added a rear bar to balance
the
> > car nicely. Nothing like a 4-door auctioned-off plain-white
> > ex-city car to
> > catch a few sports cars by surprise on some off-ramps and canyon
> > roads! Of
> > course, now I get to do the same thing with an 11-year-old Escort -
> > underdogs can be fun! ;^)
> >
> > Will Kalman
> > '91 Escort GT
> > CSCC #232 STS
>
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