b'TECH TIP PAGEMounting Front Sway Bar KitSOh My Gosh!There are a lot of different ways to fit a front sway bar into cars. Packaging suspension components so everything fits well, doesnt bind or cause bind & doesnt interfere with the frame, suspension or steering is often a challenge.If youre going to weld in a new 3-piece sway bar package, youll need to figure out the best method for your car.To the right is Method #5Under Frame Examples: 1.Bar right up next to the frame (OEM Style with bushings or pillow blocks) with sway bar arms out wider than frame rails & links going down from the arm to brackets on the front, top or rear of the LCA.2.Bar right up next to the frame (OEM Style with bushings or pillow blocks) with sway bar arms out wider than frame rails & links going up from the arm to brackets on the front, bottom or rear of the UCA.3.Bar located an inch or two below the frame rails with the sway bar arms tucked under rails for more tire clearance & links going down from the arm to brackets on the front, top or rear of the LCA.4.Bar located an inch or two below the frame rails with the sway bar arms tucked under the rails for more tire clearance & links going up from the arm to brackets on the front, bottom or rear of the UCA.5.Bar located several inches below the frame rails with struts (Green Circle) with the sway bar arms tucked under the rails for more tire clearance & links going upward from the arm to brackets on the front (see blue circle above), bottom or rear of the LCA.* We use this strategy on the GT front ends with the brackets on back of the LCA.6.Bar located several inches below the frame rails with the sway bar arms tucked under rails for more tire clearance & links going upward from the arm THROUGH the LCA to brackets on top of the LCA.* We use this strategy on the AX-AXT-TA front ends with a through passage tunnel built in the LCA for the link to pass through & the brackets are on top of the LCA. 7.Im sure we could dream up a bunch more, but these are the most common.A Word of Caution: If youre thinking of connecting your sway bar links to the UCA.For example onlyIf the open space that works for you to run your links up or down is XX inches out from chassis centerlineand that is 5 from the lower ball joint on a 17 LCA, the motion ratio is .706 = .498 MR.If you were to attach it to the UCA in the same general area, youd likely be 4 from the upper ball joint on a 10 UCA (for example) the motion ratio would be .60 = .36 MR. That would require you to run a bar with 27.7% more bar rate to achieve the same wheel rate.So even though it is an option, you want to avoid connecting to the UCAs if possible. 96'