Mustang sway bar

[enjenjo]

I'm doing a 40 Plymouth pickup right now. I am using a You weld it front crossmember, stock width. I needed a sway bar for it, and did not want to use a wimpy stock Mustang bar. I dug around, and found an S10 bar, about 1" diameter, it looked pretty close, so I tried it.

I had to bend each end out 2 1/4". That's it. I fabricated a bracket on the lower control arm that bolts on with the strut rod, and used S10 links. It clears the steering in all positions, and the S10 mounts will bolt to the bottom of the frame. I checked the width on a 40 Ford, and a 47 Chevy, and it will work there too.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

flathead V-8 , plymouth , studie ?

[river1]

caddy flathead???

later jim

[phat rat]

caddy flathead???

later jim

My guess also. Stude and plymouth didn't have flathead V8's

[enjenjo]

It's not a flathead. There is a clue in the picture if you look close.

[phat46]

HEMI!!!
Why didn't you want to use the Mustang swaybar? Maybe because of the bend in the middle?

[UGLY OLDS]

Neat idea on the outer link bracket under the strut bar mount...I gotta remember that one....  Neat trans adapter...What trans & starter is being used??

[enjenjo]

The Mustang sway bar has the pesky bend that hits everything, or hangs down too far, and is very small in diameter.

It's a 392 out of a 58, the trans is a 700R4, and the starter is Mopar.

[2rods]

What year or years S10?

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Plymouth , studie or maybe a franklin engine??

[Crosley.In.AZ]

I'm doing a 40 Plymouth pickup right now. I am using a You weld it front crossmember, stock width. I needed a sway bar for it, and did not want to use a wimpy stock Mustang bar. I dug around, and found an S10 bar, about 1" diameter, it looked pretty close, so I tried it.

I had to bend each end out 2 1/4". That's it. I fabricated a bracket on the lower control arm that bolts on with the strut rod, and used S10 links. It clears the steering in all positions, and the S10 mounts will bolt to the bottom of the frame. I checked the width on a 40 Ford, and a 47 Chevy, and it will work there too.

does the heat destroy/ anneal  the sway bar metal , render it useless??

[Charlie Chops 1940]

Nope.

[enjenjo]

What year or years S10?

This one came out of an 85. So 82 to 93 should be the same.

Heating a sway bar doesn't hurt it. They are heat treated, but not to a high degree.

[Dave]

I'm doing a 40 Plymouth pickup right now. I am using a You weld it front crossmember, stock width. I needed a sway bar for it, and did not want to use a wimpy stock Mustang bar. I dug around, and found an S10 bar, about 1" diameter, it looked pretty close, so I tried it.

I had to bend each end out 2 1/4". That's it. I fabricated a bracket on the lower control arm that bolts on with the strut rod, and used S10 links. It clears the steering in all positions, and the S10 mounts will bolt to the bottom of the frame. I checked the width on a 40 Ford, and a 47 Chevy, and it will work there too.

does the heat destroy/ anneal  the sway bar metal , render it useless??

Heat it and let it cool Tony.. If it air cools it will be just fine,. Its doing most of the work inboard of the bend anyway ... the bend just helps get the thing  where you want it.  If you cool it rapidly with water it could become brittle and if you did it by plunging it into oil then it would heat treat it but then it must be drawn back or it could still be too hard.  The best way is to heat it and bend it then bury it in floor dry for an extended cool down period but air cooling works just fine.....
Dave

[tomslik]

croz, don't leave it out in your "dry" heat.



it'll melt in to the sidewalk....