420ponies Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Let's talk about sway bar size, brand ,and how it changed the ride in our Monte's. I'm thinking of upgrading my current 1.125" front and .875" rear to a 1.250" front and 1 " rear. I've already improved on Control Arms (Thanks to imr), and am going to drilled, slotted rotors with wilwood 4 piston calipers. upgrading rear with disc brakes from 2002 Camaro. Thoughts on sway bars........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7tonemonte Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Jim, I can tell you that after updating the rear stuff on my car, it put a lot of emphasis on how bad the front was! I spoke with the guys at UMI at Carlisle a few years back about it, they suggested starting with a front sway bar, then upgrade the shocks. If I still wanted more, then go on to the springs, A arms and changing spindles and all last. I went with UMI front sway bar and that alone made a remarkable difference over stock. I had redone the entire front end with stock stuff back when I did the car, but that swaybar change was huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420ponies Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) The question remains what size is the front sway bar you purchased. I'm looking at SPOHN performance out of Myerstown PA. on a set 1.250" front and 1.00" rear 4140 chrome moly for a mere $359.00 for both. Just wanted to know if 1.250" front is enough for our "large" cars. Edited July 2, 2019 by 420ponies spelling error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7tonemonte Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 That’s the size of mine, sorry I didn’t specify. I only know the difference it made over stock with my car and it was significant , but bigger ones may be even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNKid Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Did you end up going with the new sway bars? What were the results? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420ponies Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 The results....... corners like a go cart now. Hardly any body lean, and with the roads up here in upstate new york ,there are a lot of tight corners on our roads. Went with 1.250" on the front and 1"in the rear. UMI Performance was the place I got them.Now for coil overs front and rear for the stance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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