Wonderin about something!

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I don't know about that. I'm posting a link to a guy who uses a Lightning for road courses. He uses long bars on his Lightning for this purpose.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160401000119/http://timskelton.com/lightning/race_prep/suspension/traction_bars.htm

Also posted are pics of my Lightning's rear suspension, which includes parallel QA-1 shocks, long bars (traction bars) and a panhard bar. And further forward a custom made tubular transmission cross member and a very firm drive shaft safety loop, both of which firmed up the frame readily.

Interesting. I'm always willing to be proved wrong...and have been many times. Make a theory, test it...if it works- great, if not...new theory. Maybe I shouldn't have said road race. In your application it looks as if the axle is being used as an anti-sway bar. I'm not sure why the pan-hard bar because normally the leafsprings locate the axle..... I'm sure the ford engineers put a lot more thought into the set-up than I have.

EDIT; I just noticed that there is just lower arms [longbars?], what I thought were upper are actually swaybar links....so the axle does NOT act like a swaybar. The set-up is like a four-link with the upper bars being the front of the leafsprings. Your real world experience trumps mine.

 

[cbxer55]

If you go to that link I posted and look through the Suspension list, you will see an article on Pan Hard bars. At least on Lightning's, it's well known that the axle can move side-to-side over an inch during hard cornering.

The end links of my rear sway bar are not factory. Since I lowered the rear two inches, I had to reduce the links length from seven inches to five inches in order for the bar to be properly oriented.

 

[rangerenthiusiast]

see his picture?

Ah, man. That’s low, dude. lol

 

[rangerenthiusiast]

Thanks to all who answered my interruption; I always like it when I learn something. Of course, when I heard that they cause a stiffer ride, I tuned right out. My ’92 rides like an iron horse as it is, so I’m good. lol

 

[cbxer55]

Comparing my heavy Lightning to my Ranger, I find my Ranger more enjoyable to hustle around a tight twisty road than the Lightning. Less weight equals easier to toss around. The Lakewood traction bars don't seem to have any affect on that. The fact I outfitted it with a big Hellwig Anti-sway bar in the back doesn't hurt either.

But back to the opening statement about burnouts, would that big diameter anti-sway bar also be helping to leave two long dark tire streaks on dry pavement?