Rear Sway Bar-
We have had a couple vintage folks disable their rear sway bars on their
TR3s, recently. One gentleman gained two or more seconds and Road
America last Fall after several years of running a rear sway bar.. Part
of it was probably due to a great deal more confidence in the car. I
removed mine from my street car. It is less of a problem on the TR4 but
is worth some looking at. I do run a rear sway bar on my TR4 in vintage.
The longer shackles is a new idea to me.
Useful thread......thanks
TR3 street/tour
TR4 Vintage Race
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>From: twakeman@scruznet.com
>Reply To: twakeman@scruznet.com
>Sent: Saturday, March 1, 1997 12:37 AM
>To: triumphs@autox.team.net; british-cars@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: sway bars tr3 - a contrarian view
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>At 9:23 PM 2/28/97 -0800, twakeman@scruznet.com (TeriAnn Wakeman) (by way
>of John Cowan < wrote:
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>> I agree with TeriAnn about longer shackles in the back. Rear suspension
>>travel on the 3 seems severely limited. My car literally hops around uphill
>>turns and I feel more travel in back would help - as well as a rear sway
>>bar.
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>The rear sway bar would limit travel and cause a rear wheel to lift early.
>The people racing TR3s at the Monterey Historics that I have chatted with
>claim a rear sway bar makes the 3 squirly.
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>If you want to try it out I have a brand new never been on a car rear sway
>bar for a TR3 I would like to sell. Front & rar sway bars worked very well
>on a Saab I had so I just assumed that it would on a 3. I was told
>otherwise before I had a chance to get it mounted.
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>So just let me know if you would like to sell it.
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>I also have a new pair of rear leaf springs for a TR4 to get rid of.
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>TeriAnn Wakeman "Large format photographers look
>Santa Cruz California at the world upside down and
>twakeman@scruznet.com backwards"
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