I follow Lance & have not heard details of frame cracking or replacement (?). He did recently damage the 383 & had to freshen things up. He's constantly working to improve his skills as well as parts & tuning for the tracks he hits. One of my favorite builds.
Sorry, I should clarify, Lance didn't have any frame issues (that I know of), I don't know his name, the person I'm speaking of is friends with the Cory that I mention and is located in MN. He had/has a Luxury Sport he built up and autocrossed, the frame cracked, think he was getting an entirely new LS or at least frame to replace it.
I follow Lance & have not heard details of frame cracking or replacement (?). He did recently damage the 383 & had to freshen things up. He's constantly working to improve his skills as well as parts & tuning for the tracks he hits. One of my favorite builds.
Are those Addco bars hollow or solid? When I was looking for a new/aftermarket bar I was searching specifically for 'hollow' bars & don't recall Addco showing anything.
I wound up purchasing a used 36mm bar from the classifieds here & plan to use the Energy Suspension mounting kit. $45 for greaseable Poly frame bushings that won't require spacers & new poly end-links as well. That's not too much & saves having to tweak the frame housings + do spacers.
Energy Suspensions 3.5213 greaseable 36MM kit may work, but will probably need some mods, because it is for GM trucks that have a .3" larger distance between mounting bolt centers.
in the post, bit no one has confirmed if this one works without mods.
At Summit Racing the mounting kit for a 36mm bar is ENS-3-5213G (Energy Suspension). I don't know if it will require mods for the base 'foot-print' but that seems the easier route if so vs. modifying the OE shell & requiring spacers. I'll follow-up once they arrive (by end of week).
The Energy Suspension bushing kit arrived. They fit the bar but I'm kind of aggravated about the purchase.
I looked up 36mm sway bar bushings on Summit. I know & understand how math works but since they listed both a 1 3/8" option & a 36mm option, I chose the 36mm since that's what the bar size is. The 1 3/8" option = 34.925mm which is 1.075mm difference smaller. While it can fit over the bar & would technically get the job done, the 36mm option should fit the bar better & do it w/less friction than what's required to seat the smaller ID bushing (sway bars should pivot easily).
The box is clearly tagged/labeled as 36mm. Inside the packaging? It's a 1 3/8" bushing.
I already had 1 3/8" ES Poly bushings I could have used if I wanted the increased drag on the pivot point.
The footprint is definitely larger on these brackets vs. the OE g-body part.....
The OE mounting hardware centerline was ~2.75" on the brackets I have. The ES brackets are ~3 375" on center.
Out of curiosity, I looked up that part number you provided. It shows that it's a 1 3/8" or 35mm frame bushing. That p/n appears to be for a 'non-fluted frame bushing' so no provision for lubing & it states not for trucks. I looked to see if their images might show a height difference @ the bottom (your info vs what I bought) but the photos seem generic vs. specific. Info none the less....
Out of curiosity, I looked up that part number you provided. It shows that it's a 1 3/8" or 35mm frame bushing. That p/n appears to be for a 'non-fluted frame bushing' so no provision for lubing & it states not for trucks. I looked to see if their images might show a height difference @ the bottom (your info vs what I bought) but the photos seem generic vs. specific. Info none the less....
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