removing front swaybar

[skulledmonte84]

I'm currently building a '78 regal street car--400 sbc--turbo 350--342 posi. I'm looking to reduce weight as much as possible. I have fiberglass bumpers and am currently having a fiberglass hood built. Interior is gutted--no ac--no heat--no interior panels--no carpet--no headliner. A 20 year dragracing friend of mine suggested removing the front swaybar. Anyone see a reason to not remove this swaybar? My goal is less weight and straight line performance. Near future improvments include fiberglass front fenders--lightweight seats and swiss cheesing [hole sawing] and removing any un-nessasary metal. 8)

SWISS CHEESING IT LIKE THIS 😀

 

[nawlins-tim]

I'd leave it on if you drive on the street at ALL. I didnt' notice much of any improvements when I took my front bar off. Of coarse I did loose a little weight but the Camino took corners Like a heap of CRAP!!!!!!!!!

 

[lilbowtie]

If you are going to be on the street I would suggest the sway bar - with that said I've raced over 15 years w/o one. I would take the time, effort, and money you are putting into your car and work on more HP since you have already lightened quit a bit. I have probably added more weight trying to make the car saver & hook better.

 

[workinProgress]

There is a lot to weight savings for drag racing. Mainly gutting the interior, lighter seats, and so on. If you are looking to really do much worth a damn tho, you are going to need to cage the car to run at a strip anyway. The biggest question is going to be your goals? You seem to be going real drag specific here with your idea of hand laid fiber glass hood ( why not carbon fiber) and so on. However, places like DSS can do an aluminum drive shaft for you no problem, some drag lite rims, tube chassis, and things like that can severely drop weight.

As for the sway bar, I have done many of the quick disconnect end links for the track. Cause you only really need to unhook the drivers side endlink as the G body shuffle will keep the travel on the pass side low enough to not really be a problem with the sway bar there.