need sway bar ideas

1978911sc · 02-23-2014, 12:11 PM

Greeting fellow Pelicans. The good new is that I can still drive the car. The bad news is that the parking curb I ran over, bounced down the underside of the right side of the car.

My pride is hurt a little more than the car, but I am going to need new rear sway bar mounts. I was thinking about upgrading the whole rear sway bar but really have no idea what direction to take for these types of upgrades.

Should I stick with the stock system? or upgrade? To what?

Any suggestions will be appreciated as i start thinking about this project.

Craig

winders · 02-23-2014, 01:04 PM

Craig,

Jerry Woods Enterprises (JWE) makes the best sway bar mount kit on the market. I have it on my car and it is strong. Get the rear sway bar kit you are going to use and have it welded on with maximum ground clearance in mind. The kit welds on to stronger areas of the tub than the Wevo kit and is cheaper.

My favorite rear sway bar is the adjustable 22mm unit from Tarett Engineering. I like it better than the JWE product.

Scott

1978911sc · 02-23-2014, 01:22 PM

Thanks Scott. I'll take a look.

Craig

Cory M · 02-23-2014, 01:50 PM

Scott, do you have any pics of the JWE kit? I thought the Wevo was the best, interested to see the differences...

Mr Project · 02-23-2014, 06:44 PM

I'd like to know more as well. I need to replace my mounts and my google skills have not turned up any more details about the JWE vs Wevo vs OEM options.

winders · 02-23-2014, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Cory M

Scott, do you have any pics of the JWE kit? I thought the Wevo was the best, interested to see the differences...

This first photo shows how the mount is welded to the outside bottom of the chassis longitudinal:

This second photo shows how the mount sits up against the inside of the longitudinal and is weld to the side of the longitudinal and to the torque tube:

There is no way this mount will ever brake loose unless you want to remove it. The mounting surface for the sway bar cannot rock.

Another cool thing about this mount is that the nuts used are not attached to the mount in any way. There is a plate that captures the nuts (and prevents them from turning) that you slide into the mount. This means that if you strip the nut, it can be easily replaced.

I have never seen JWE advertized these mounts but I know this is the mount kit that they use on the Spec 911 cars they build.

Scott

Driven97 · 02-24-2014, 04:36 AM

Wow, those are brilliant.

Cory M · 02-24-2014, 06:50 AM

Looks like a good idea. I like the separate plate to hold the nuts, seems like that's where the failure frequently occurs. I had a mount fail once by ripping the sheetmetal clean off the chassis, I had to weld it all back together before I could install the new Wevo mount, it makes a lot of sense to spread out the load.

winders · 02-24-2014, 11:43 AM

Cory,

Other mounts, like the Wevo, are welded on only one side of the chassis longitudinal. This allows the mount to rock side to side a bit which can cause bending fatigue leading to failure in the longitudinal sheet metal. The JWE mount reduces the bending fatigue and shares the stress with the other side of the longitudinal. You could view it as the JWE kit being mounted in double shear versus single shear for all the other kits.

I looked at all of sway bar mount kits and the Buckley Racing kit looked to be the best. Better than the Wevo kit for sure. Then I saw the JWE kit and could see right away it was the best one I had seen. It was a no brainer from there.....

Scott