EJ - I have one of the earlier rear sway bars on Winged1. The fit of the bar was not that great, and the attachment points for the "saddle brackets" are in the thin web of the rear crossmember. This eventually led to cracking of the web on both sides, which I repaired with welding and the addition of some structural doublers to reinforce the web. I redesigned the attachments to the trailing arms to make them work properly. I also changed the bushings to polyurethane to make the bar effective for more of the range of suspension travel. The instructions that came wiith the bar were very sketchy at best. Now for the good news ... after my various tweaks, reinforcments, and adjustments, the bar is AWESOME. Body roll is nearly nonexistent, and turn-in is very crisp and consistent. One thing that I noticed early on is that it tends to give the rear suspension a little "rear steer" effect. It isn't really oversteer, but the effect is to negate some of the understeer that Chapman attempted to put into the chassis because of the rear engined layout. If you're not aware of it, it can surprise you during a very hard corner. However, once you relearn the cornering characteristics, handling is dramatically enhanced. I've mentioned on the List before that one of the many items on my "projects to do" list is to come up with a better fit than the currently available bar. I lost almost 2 inches of precious ground clearance due to the bracket location and the thickness of my reinforcement doublers - this is a real issue in the real world of speed bumps and dips in the roadway. I felt that this project shouldn't be near the top of the list due to limited demand, but ... Toby Peterson VIN 2248 "Winged1" DeLorean Parts Northwest, LLC www.delorean-parts.com --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "EJ Chambers" <marmieej@xxxx> wrote: > Does anyone have a rear sway bar installed on their DeLorean? Does it help with the handling of the car? I am interested in hearing people's opinions before purchasing one. > > Thanks! > Ej > 4475 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/