Sway Bar Question

Is it ok to run my stock sway bar till i can get a bigger one?(I did a V8 swap), has anyone kept their stock sway bar after a V8 swap? i was thinking i can run urethane bushings till i get that addco 7/8's sway bar. also would swaping on bigger wheels(17x9) affect a stock sway bars ability to do its job?

 

Quite a few of the V8 cars came with the smaller bar from the factory, it was an option to get the bigger one. It will be fine.

 

ok thanks, i can put that money towards other stuff to get my project back up and running

 

Still have the little one on my car. Looks about as big as a pencil when your used to looking at the new cars all day.

 

I used a '68 Mustang 1 1/8" with a little modification

 

Still running the stock 6 cyl bar in my sprint W/a 351 and its feels fine, behaves well.
So, yeah you should be fine till your ready to upgrade it.

 

is the stock sway bar 11/16?

 

That's a trick question. Like DDB said...they came with differen sizes.
From the Master Parts Catalog:
'70 6 cyl Standard = 11/16"
'70 6 cyl Heavy Duty = 7/8"
'71 6 cyl Standard = 11/16"
'71 6 cyl Heavy Duty = 7/8"
'71 8 cyl Standard = 5/8"
'71 8 cyl Heavy Duty = 7/8"
I don't see sway bars listed for 72 Maverick.
All '73-'76 Heavy Duty = 7/8"
All '76-'77 Standard = 11/16"
All '76-'77 Heavy Duty = 7/8"

 

thanks for posting that, according to the list my '74 mav should already have a 7/8 bar on it. whats a good way to measure it to be sure?

 

I use a caliper from my reloading tools.

 

Find the open end wrench that slides over it.

 

yup
my 75 has a 11/16 one, it looks puny.

 

My '74 has a 11/16" bar. IF you can still see the paint codes the standard bar will have 2 pink and 2 orange marks...Heavy duty will have 2 green and 2 orange markings.

Here's a Mustang bar.

 

i saw it on my car, its 11/16 thanx