Cascade Crew

DBL_TKE · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject: IROC-Z sway bar

Well I'm getting a free sway bar from someone who's parting out a formula that he says has an IROC sway bar on it. Looks beefier than mine at first glance but I take his word with a grain of salt. what's the diameter on one of these, 36mm? If so I'll hopefully have it installed sometime next week.

Dewey316 · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject:

IROCs came with 34mm

WS6 got the 36mm

--John

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2328

Are both of them hollow John?

I just checked the bar out of Barts Trans Am against the one out of my IROC and found the TA one to be 30 mm while the IROC one was 34 mm

The 30mm bar weighed 19lbs/12 oz while the 34mm was 14lb/ 6 oz.

Al Hasse · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject:

My 34mm is hollow, I've heard solid ones were also available. I think the 36mm bars are all hollow.

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject:

the 36's i have handled were all hollow. the 34 i had on the six was hollow, and the 32 that replaced it was solid.

Red Bird · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:46 pm Post subject: sway bar

my 36mm bar is hollow, it has a little hole close to where the end link mounts, i think thats how you tell the difference between hollow and solid but not 100%

fiveoformula · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject:

dude, it is a WS6 sway bar... its off a formula, not a camaro

DBL_TKE · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:47 am Post subject:

I do realize that if it were stock that it would be a WS6 sway bar but he told me that it was an IROC-Z sway bar that was swapped on there from an IROC. But this is coming from Cody so i doubt him until I have proof. Now if only I could find that caliper...

redlava · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:46 am Post subject:

I know some irocs came with a 36mm sway bar. I got my 36mm sway bar from a 89 iroc. I think that was the only year that came with a 36mm though.

91RSVert · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:07 am Post subject:

36 hallow
34 solid
34 hallow
32
30

for fronts, in order of strength

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:41 am Post subject:

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject:

My 34mm is a solid bar.

iansane · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject:

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject:

ahhh I thought perhaps he meant a brake caliper. Thought I may have been in a position to help but you keep your dang hands off my fancy schmancy measurerer Razz

-Schultzy

kurfbird · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject:

You cna get one of those mesure devices at ace hardware for 10.00 I got one. The two iroc i have taken apart had 36 mm front sway bars. The Z 28 also has a 36 mm sway bar

fiveoformula · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject:

well codys car was pretty stock - one owner... im pretty sure nothing major was altered like that, if it has the stock wheels, stock exhaust, stock air box even... im pretty sure the sway bar is stock Wink

DBL_TKE · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject:

Well I got the new sway bar all mounted up. I can't even begin to tell you how much of a difference it made. It cut down body roll substantially and virtually eliminated any understeer I had before. I seriously didn't think I would be able to tell the difference. BTW, we measured it and it was in fact a 36mm sway bar and my old one was a 32mm. The bar seemed pretty solid and as far as I could tell it was not hollow.

Dewey316 · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject:

The larger front bar would make understeer worse.

DBL_TKE · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:04 pm Post subject:

Yeah that's what I thought, have always learned, and know is true but IDK what to tell you. maybe it's just the right combination.

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:00 am Post subject: