Re: SD> weld up rear trailing arm beam or pan hard bars?

2007-09-20 Thread dstillie
From: "Larry Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Subject: Re: SD> weld up rear trailing arm beam or pan hard bars? Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:45:38 -0700 Can somebody explain to me, in simple terms, how an "adjustable sway bar" works? I understand that you can screw the nut

Re: SD> weld up rear trailing arm beam or pan hard bars?

2007-09-20 Thread Larry Carlson
Can somebody explain to me, in simple terms, how an "adjustable sway bar" works? I understand that you can screw the nuts on the links up or down further, and I imagine you could crank some extra "push" on one side, if you were racing on a circle or oval track, to make it stay more level, b

Re: SD> weld up rear trailing arm beam or pan hard bars?

2007-09-20 Thread swedeis
Sorry for confusing things by talking about the anti-roll bar as a spring (which it is, it is a torsional spring) In this instance the springs and the anti-roll bars are perfoming the same functions. Controlling the roll of the body around the roll center. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_cen

Re: SD> weld up rear trailing arm beam or pan hard bars?

2007-09-20 Thread SStudiosin
In a message dated 9/20/2007 5:21:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The panhard rod locates the suspension and rear wheels side to side. The Panhard rod does nothing for the stiffness of the rear springs. Replacing it with an adjustable unit or stiffening the stock

Re: SD> weld up rear trailing arm beam or pan hard bars?

2007-09-20 Thread swedeis
The panhard rod locates the suspension and rear wheels side to side. The Panhard rod does nothing for the stiffness of the rear springs. Replacing it with an adjustable unit or stiffening the stock piece will make a difference in how well the vehicle tracks while being driven aggressively. Th

Re: SD> weld up rear trailing arm beam or pan hard bars?

2007-09-20 Thread SStudiosin
In a message dated 9/19/2007 11:01:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The bar inside the rear axle does act like a sway bar. Take one wheel and tie it to the ground, lift the other up. What is twisting? The cross channel. Now add a tube/bar into the channel. Harder

SD> WTB: Shelbyz Tail tipe

2007-09-20 Thread Chris VanKauwenberg
I'm looking for a stock tip or tail pipe to weld onto my new exhaust/muffler for my 88' Shelby Z. Are these the same tips as my 86' Laser XT or Turbo z? I'm willing to pay shipping from anywhere. Thanks for your help, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

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2007-09-20 Thread Chad Maynard
For Sale: I have a set of crab wheels painted white. They could use a new coat of paint but at in great shape. Mounted on them is a set of 205/50/15 tires that i had on my Neon. Im asking $150. The tires only have about 5k on them before the Neon blew up. Im in southern NH Chad [EMAIL PROTECT