Rare factory anti rollbar setup

[jonbills]

Rather than discuss classified or car tax, I thought I'd put this up and invite ridicule.
Late last year, I read some horror stories, and replaced my polyurethane compression rod bushes with nylon ball joints.
Perhaps not surprisingly, my car had a lot more body roll after.
so rather than pay out real money on a bigger anti roll bar, I bought George's old one of him and bolted it up in addition to the original.





I've been round the block in it, and it seems to do the job well.

Anyone done this before?

 

[johnymd]

I remember doing that back in the '80's, can't remember what car though, may have been a mk1 escort. Good to see it applied to a Z.

 

[Rob Gaskin]

Yeh I've seen that on cars many years ago. I think mainly Ford Anglia/Cortina - you could buy bolt-on bars.

Have you tried bolting two wheels together too for traction?

 

[racer]

Lol nice mod Jon. Bit of a weight penalty though?

 

[johnymd]

Would that help on the drag strip Rob? Carlos Fandango style?

 

[Rob Gaskin]

Would that help on the drag strip Rob? Carlos Fandango style?

Yeh, narrow set-up for getting to the 'strip, then bolt two more on. saves on space in the car too (no need to carry huge wheels).

 

[jonbills]

hmm, I wonder.... I have got a spare set of wheels.

one of the things I forgot to mention in this bespoke engineering project was that I had to make the drop links longer to accomodate the extra bush and ARB connection.
I did this with a couple of lengths of m8 threaded rod from Wickes.

I've been thinking about it, and I think that the drop link doesn't need to be high tensile - really it's only got to be strong enough to lift the inside wheel, rather than carry the weight of the whole car.

But.... in practice, have you ever heard of a drop link breaking under tension?