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    Rear sway bar

    Anyone running a rear sway bar? If so where did you get it, what size is it, and how big is your front sway bar?
    Thank you.
    63 Sedan Delivery
    5.0 HO EFI AOD 8" rear

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    I have the Addco model 914 rear sway bar. It's 3/4". I have a 1" up front.
    Patrick Brown
    331 Stroker / T5 / 8" / Wilwood Disks / RRS R&P Steering / Megasquirt EFI


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    Patrick Brown
    331 Stroker / T5 / 8" / Wilwood Disks / RRS R&P Steering / Megasquirt EFI


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    Awesome thanks Patrick. Did it install easily? I guess I need to upgrade the front at the same time so I don't get a push through the corners.
    63 Sedan Delivery
    5.0 HO EFI AOD 8" rear

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    Hey steve whats with the need for the rear bar? are you going to go on a sports car track with your delievery? just wondering.. I still have the 6 cyl 3/4 " bar on the front of my falcon and it does the job, how fast must one go around a corner before the ditch fills the radiator....jh

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    I don't think Falcons came with anything different 6'r or V8. 5/8" I think.

    I do know that a wagon has a lot more swing and roll than a car does and I put a 1" PST bar in my wagon right away. Before, going around even a freeway round-about wanted to flip me off into the ditch. After the 1" bar... flat as a pancake (almost) going around those curves.

    So I'd always recommend a bigger front, and if that isn't enough then add the rear.
    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



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    I haven't gotten around to putting a rear sway bar on yet, but I could definitely tell feel the improvement when I put a 1" bar on the front. Planning a future rear bar as I want it to handle as good as possible, as I don't think it's a very good handling car from the factory (at least not compared to current cars).
    Last edited by SmithKid; January 30th, 2014 at 11:08 AM.


    Gene Smith
    Fredrickson, WA
    '65 Ranchero Deluxe
    302, EFI, 4-Spd
    Granada Discs

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    I've read putting a rear sway bar on a car with leaf springs can cause snap oversteer if your not careful. But some people have them and they don't experience. I think it has a lot to do with what size sway bar you have up front and how stiff the front coil springs are.

    I've got a new 1-1/8" front sway bar to put in one of these days. I think this will be a huge improvement for my tudor sedan. A wagon or sedan deliver may be a different story.

    Kenny Likins
    Ballard, Seattle, WA
    www.redfalken.com

    `62 Tudor Sedan (`69 200, C4, 8-inch 4-lug 2.79 rearend, Duraspark II, MSD, Weber 32/36 DGEV)

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