Ke55 - Rear Sway Bar Or No Rear Sway Bar

[Fingerlickin_B]

Hi peoples,

 

I found myself fitting a complete KE35 diff to my KE55 on Friday & of course the sway bar brackets were missing.

 

Being in a hurry, I had no time to slice off & weld to the new housing, thinking "that can be done later".

 

However, there seems to be some conjecture as to whether this car either benefits from or is otherwise hampered by a rear bar.

 

If anyone has tried both with & without, I'd love to hear your opinions! :)

[coln72]

Fitted a KE55 rear bar onto my KE35. Did it help - sorta. Depended on your driving/roads.

 

To me. Felt better on fast open corners. Major suck on tight stuff. Could single spin to a stop at a roundabout. Could even get it to spin up the inside tyre out of hairpin bends - and I was running 225/60r13 tyres on the rear back then. Really need an LSD to make use of the rear sway bar.

 

I tried a rear bar on my competition KE20. Removed it. Would snap sideways in third gear under acceleration with the bar fitted. Ended up softening the rear springs on that car.

[Fingerlickin_B]

Thanks coln72 (Colin?) for your input :)

[Fingerlickin_B]

Took it for a decent no sway bar drive today & seemed good :)

 

Why did I even ask? Because although I had driven the car once before with sway bar fitted, it had stupid short Commodore shocks fitted by someone to force the rear lower & drove like sh*t. Then that particular previous owner blew the diff.

 

Today I fitted the correct shocks & went for my first proper drive in it, hence my inability to compare for myself.

 

I see no need for the sway bar with close to stock tyre size/profile, so will shelve it for now, since there seemed to be more roll in the tryes than suspension today...LOL!

Edited April 9, 2016 by Fingerlickin_B