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Re: [Fot] 1” sway bar for TR4

To: FOT Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] 1” sway bar for TR4
From: Joe Boruch via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 14:32:23 +0000 (UTC)
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 Coleman Racing sells the tubular splined sway bars and the matching spline=
d ends.=C2=A0 They do not, however, bend the ends.=C2=A0 Earlier this year =
I bought steel ends for a Miata that I am building and had a local welding =
shop with a press brake bend them for me.=C2=A0 I chose steel ends instead =
of aluminum out of concern about how they would hold up to bending.=C2=A0 W=
hen I built a Honda S2000 with the same parts from Coleman I bent the steel=
 ends myself with using a torch and hammer, but that was just one simple be=
nd, not an offset bend.=C2=A0 In both cases I lightened the sway bar end by=
 drilling holes.=C2=A0 JoeB
    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 08:40:32 AM EDT, Jack Wheeler via Fot <fot=
@autox.team.net> wrote: =20
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  Sprint cars use tubular sway bars.=C2=A0 I used a 1 1/8" front bar on my =
TR-4.=C2=A0 It was tubular so weighted a lot less than a solid bar.=C2=A0 I=
t was splined on the ends and I used aluminum arms, which were machined to =
slide onto the splines on each end.=C2=A0 Find a local speed shop, or someo=
ne who builds or races sprint type cars, and I'm sure you can find these tu=
bular bars.
Good luck.
Jack

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        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Coleman Racing sells the tubular 
splined sway bars and the matching splined ends.&nbsp; They do not, however, 
bend the ends.&nbsp; Earlier this year I bought steel ends for a Miata that I 
am building and had a local welding shop with a press brake bend them for 
me.&nbsp; I chose steel ends instead of aluminum out of concern about how they 
would hold up to bending.&nbsp; When I built a Honda S2000 with the same parts 
from Coleman I bent the steel ends myself with using a torch and hammer, but 
that was just one simple bend, not an offset bend.&nbsp; In both cases I 
lightened the sway bar end by drilling holes.&nbsp; JoeB</div><div><br></div>
        
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                    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 08:40:32 AM EDT, Jack Wheeler 
via Fot &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:
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        <div dir="ltr">Sprint cars use tubular sway bars.&nbsp; I used a 1 1/8" 
front bar on my TR-4.&nbsp; It was tubular so weighted a lot less than a solid 
bar.&nbsp; It was splined on the ends and I used aluminum arms, which were 
machined to slide onto the splines on each end.&nbsp; Find a local speed shop, 
or someone who builds or races sprint type cars, and I'm sure you can find 
these tubular bars.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div 
dir="ltr">Good luck.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div 
dir="ltr">Jack<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div>
        
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