Thread: Sway Bars?

The upadates had rear sways as original (as did the interim update in late 93, early 94) - if yours have been removed get a second hand set and bolt in - assuming the mounts have not been cut off.

Garry

Yeah, you should have had one originally.

Some long range tanks require spacing of the mounts, so yours was probably just removed when they put the tank in.

Look on the chassis rails on either side of the tank, there should be square shaped mounts welded on.

Just get a second hand one and a couple of blocks for spacing to clear the tank and re-attach.

Not really sure about heavy duty sway bars, I think someone did them years ago, white something I think?

You can get quick disconnects from the US, do a search on them I'm sure they'll turn up.

Here you go, one option, look under products and Land Rover: http://www.aedofab.com/

Had a look and all the original mounts are still there.
How much difference will the rear sway bar make to on road handling?
And will it make much difference off road?
Are disconnects worth it?

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I took mine off because it was rubbing on the long range tank.
Can hardly feel any differance in handling.
Cheers Dean.

It depends on how much you want to spend, but there are these I have no idea what they would be like, but they are unusual thats for sure
X-eng High Performance Off-Road Engineering
Cheers Peter

Originally Posted by vogue

....How much difference will the rear sway bar make to on road handling?
And will it make much difference off road?
Are disconnects worth it?

Broad Rule of Thumb:-

Front (anti) sway bars increase understeer, (going straight ahead on fast corners....)

Rear bars increase oversteer. (spinning out on gentle corners...)

Both reduce body roll, and increase the effective spring-rate on the compressed side ,- the side on the outside of the turn.

In the real world, its a matter of balance between the two ends, with a nod towards comfort and the desired end result. Also changes a bit as to whether the car is RWD or FWD or AWD

Golden Rule is to 'not' overdo it.

From memory, early RR Classics had neither, (?) and rolled like a drunken sailor in the driveway, but were fantastic off-road.

Disconnects ? - Dunno, depends on how expensive and how much a differance off-road, is the lack of a sway bar

Superquag, the drunken sailor sensation wasnt due to the lack of sway bars , more like the combination of spring rates and shocker rates,it was easily overcome with a set of decent shockers , Bilstien,Koni,de-Carbon etc etc.