upside down aspire sway bar w/ pics

[gorgonheimer]

i have had the aspire sway bar from when i stripped the aspire at the yard. it was sitting under my house collecting dust and i decided to put it on the other day. the problem was that i have the gm25r tranny with the hydrolic clutch and it was in the way of where the sway bar goes. so i decided to flip it.





the only problem on the install was that i had to cut a notch out of the crossmember. i had no problem doing this as there is a piece of 3/16 plate welded on top of the crossmember right above the notch.

[FestYboy]

show the notch?

[niklid05]

feel much difference witb the bar and poly bushings?

[MONSOON]

You can see it in the 3rd pic.

[gorgonheimer]

feel much difference witb the bar and poly bushings?

a lot of the wheel hop is gone but it is still there. i haven't really carved up anything yet. i just cleaned out the back. had a bunch of tools in it that i didn't want to hit me in the back

[Biglay5150]

I made a solid front motor mount and that took care of my wheel hop.

[gorgonheimer]

i made a poly mount for the front and for the tranny mount. the rear mount is still broken and my right side mount is a modified stock mount. still wheel hops

[Biglay5150]

That rear motor mount might make a help if it werent broke. I dont have the Aspire sway bar under mine yet. How much of a difference is it. Im sure your putting down a little more horses than me.

[CharlieZ]

You could add a lot of strength to that notch if there was a section of steel tubing of the right diameter welded in that covered the degrees of radius of the notch.

[Damkid]

i've been wanting to do the aspire sway bar swap for a while just haven't got to it yet

[Arnie]

Who makes the rear poly bushing for the swaybar/control arm?

[Jimmy812]

I've bought Moog bushings for the swaybar to control arm connection. They are blue poly.

Here is a link to the ones I've bought.

[gorgonheimer]

i got the moog bushings there at the swaybar/control arm joint.
for those who wonder... i was driving really fast today in some corners and the car seemed to stay really flat. especially in long sweeping corners where i was hammering the throttle.
i really like it

[Nerd Racing]

your axle looked a little funny in that pic, are those capri axles?

[graywolf_14]

Ok was it the tranny or the hydrolic clutch that was in the way?