Hi was wondering if anybody had any pics of a group C or A9X font sway bar and mounts. I require any information on these front bars. How the mount to the car and wish bones and if they run in front of the engine. And what sort of bracketry required to mount it.
I have a normal sway bar that mounts to the rear of engine but as i have put extractors on the sway bar does not fit. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Group C A9X front sway bar?
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, May 08 2007 10:37 AM
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Posted 08 May 2007 - 11:46 AM
Everyone seemed to have their own ideas on bars
I can tell you that the Jansen/Perkins 79 Bathurst A9X had a front mounted bar last time I saw it
It mounted with alloy blocks to the chassis rails and large green brackets to the lower control arms
I don't have any pics here with me at work but Welby might as I sent them to him recently
I can tell you that the Jansen/Perkins 79 Bathurst A9X had a front mounted bar last time I saw it
It mounted with alloy blocks to the chassis rails and large green brackets to the lower control arms
I don't have any pics here with me at work but Welby might as I sent them to him recently
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Posted 08 May 2007 - 11:55 AM
I have heard that L34 extractors foul the sway bar and yet I have heard they clear.
Maybe the difference is in the engine mount bracket.
I can't remember exactly but I think the HQ in the Torana lowers the motor and that can cause the fouling.
Any thoughts anyone?
Maybe the difference is in the engine mount bracket.
I can't remember exactly but I think the HQ in the Torana lowers the motor and that can cause the fouling.
Any thoughts anyone?
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Posted 08 May 2007 - 01:35 PM
These first pics have been borrowed from someone else's thread. It shows a front mount stabiliser bar. The other two are from the Negus Hatch and are the rear mount bar. I have tried to get a closer look at the mount but the picture quality diminishes as you zoom in. It appears to be mounted through a large block onto the chassis. This is what I may to do as I have the same problem as you.
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Posted 08 May 2007 - 03:10 PM
The front mount bar setup ^ is identical in style to the KMac front mount bar setup.
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Posted 08 May 2007 - 03:34 PM
Howard, Is the non adjustable KMAC attached the same way?
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Posted 08 May 2007 - 04:15 PM
The only front mount KMac bar I have seen is an adjustable type.
KMac did make a rear mount bar that fitted in place of the factory bar but was shaped to provide extra room on the passenger side for header clearance.
KMac did make a rear mount bar that fitted in place of the factory bar but was shaped to provide extra room on the passenger side for header clearance.
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Posted 08 May 2007 - 05:35 PM
WELBY!!! Put em up!Everyone seemed to have their own ideas on bars
I can tell you that the Jansen/Perkins 79 Bathurst A9X had a front mounted bar last time I saw it
It mounted with alloy blocks to the chassis rails and large green brackets to the lower control arms
I don't have any pics here with me at work but Welby might as I sent them to him recently
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Posted 08 May 2007 - 07:47 PM
On L8 site (Details -> Suspension) there are pics of the front and rear KMac setups. I am running a bigger front bar with rod end drop links (KMac are urethane bushed) and a tig welded diff mount for the rear bar (KMac bolts onto same location).
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Posted 08 May 2007 - 07:54 PM
Howard that doesnt have the big brackets of the pics above (that I can see) ..appears to have a 25mm channel bar like the Whiteline setup holding it at the front.
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Posted 08 May 2007 - 07:56 PM
Thats the original Kmac bracket, they say the newer versions clear the brake ducts.
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Posted 08 May 2007 - 10:46 PM
KMAC supplied most of the A9X teams in the 70's
I love the clamp on the oil filter doing SFA as they haven't positioned it correctly.
I love the clamp on the oil filter doing SFA as they haven't positioned it correctly.
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Posted 08 May 2007 - 10:50 PM
I saw that too RED..Only thing I can think of is it is tie wired...there appears to be a wire on it..if not...it aint doing nuthin!KMAC supplied most of the A9X teams in the 70's
I love the clamp on the oil filter doing SFA as they haven't positioned it correctly.
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Posted 09 May 2007 - 03:54 PM
Here ya go Rory.
Sorry for the delay, some of us have to work.
The Janson A9X
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Sorry for the delay, some of us have to work.
The Janson A9X
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Posted 09 May 2007 - 05:09 PM
Similiar thing to what Peter Hughes did to Bob Janes HQ Monaro..Just some silly information....All they did to his HQ was replace all the rubber suspension components with alloy ones...and it handled like a dream..weird Huh?..Just tightened up the whole unit...they replaced them as they became worn. Cheap as chips..always wanted to try it it to see if it worked.
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Posted 09 May 2007 - 08:40 PM
Welby, that side view of the sway bar looks exactly like the one on my '77 Janson hatch. The alloy blocks look the same as mine.
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Posted 09 May 2007 - 09:19 PM
Hello Michael, i believe they are photo's of the '79 car.
How about some clear photo's from yours?
Did your car come from Rob Hands?
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How about some clear photo's from yours?
Did your car come from Rob Hands?
Welby
Edited by A9X, 09 May 2007 - 09:21 PM.
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Posted 09 May 2007 - 09:35 PM
See what I started?..Come one Mick..put some pics up of the front end...I am interested now. Lets see a real Group C sway bar set up.
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Posted 09 May 2007 - 09:38 PM
As you can tell by the horrid photos I took them
They are during the resto of the 79 car done by Paul Kramer
Didn't get many front bar pics
Got a few good rear bar ones though
They are during the resto of the 79 car done by Paul Kramer
Didn't get many front bar pics
Got a few good rear bar ones though
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Posted 09 May 2007 - 10:23 PM
You...without a doubt..are...no contest...the WORST person to take photographs on the planet...bar non!As you can tell by the horrid photos I took them
They are during the resto of the 79 car done by Paul Kramer
Didn't get many front bar pics
Got a few good rear bar ones though
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Posted 09 May 2007 - 11:00 PM
I should add some of mine to the photo thread
seeif anyone can actually tell what they are of
So are we happy now with bars ?
Have we decided what were all using yet ?
seeif anyone can actually tell what they are of
So are we happy now with bars ?
Have we decided what were all using yet ?
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Posted 10 May 2007 - 07:30 AM
I asked the guy who owns the 79 Janson hatch for some pics, I should have some in the next day or 2Hello Michael, i believe they are photo's of the '79 car.
How about some clear photo's from yours?
Did your car come from Rob Hands?
Welby
He has also said I can borrow his other spare ex-HDT sway bar setup-KMAC 1 to copy the brackets if I want
Edited by MRNOS, 10 May 2007 - 07:32 AM.
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