Front Sway end links. Will these work?

[Gravity]

Anyone got any thoughts on if these would work:

http://www.steedafiesta.com/parts/ford-fiesta-front-swaybar-endlinks.html


I know a huge chunk of our suspension and braking assembly is FoMoCo... These look nice and robust if they'll fit.

 

[Racebrewer]

Those will probably work just fine. Steeda can proably give you the stud to stud range to make sure.

The aluminum section looks like metric racing kart tie rod bars. One end is left hand threads the other is standard right hand threads so you can adjust without removing. Using hex bar makes for easy adjustment. Not sure what they used for the rod ends.

John

 

[Gravity]

What are the ideal ways to adjust them? Presumably you crank them out (longer) to preload the sway bar more and stiffen things up a bit, and crank back in fo the opposite effect?

 

[Racebrewer]

If I understand this correctly; I'd actually adjust so that there is no preload when the car is sitting level, ideally with the sway bar level. Since the links are adjustable, you can shorten and accomplish both goals. If the car has been lowered the links should be shortened accordingly.

John

 

[eyeballs]

Yea that sounds right to me John. Thats what I did on the adjustable RB endlinks I had on my miata.

 

[Gravity]

Ok... So I should put them in and shorten them from stock so that theres minimal to no 'pressure' on the sway bar itself, and that the connection points on the sway bar are level/even from the floor on both sides?

Other then increased reliability and/or less stress on suspension components, what else is the net benefit of the upgrade?

 

[Racebrewer]

In theory, it would remove any pre-load on the sway bar which would cause the handling to be different from left to right.

John

 

[eyeballs]

I'm pretty sure you just need to set the length when the suspension is fullly weighted (maybe even with driver, though I certainly never did) and not with the car up on jack stands. I use ramps for swaybar stuff.