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Title: Wagon sway bar
Post by: hoots on March 14, 2006, 07:10:00 PM
Did the wagons come with a rear swaybar, haven't been able to find one.  :look:

One a side note; no shortage of smileys to choose from. :showback:
Title: Re: Wagon sway bar
Post by: eatmydust on March 14, 2006, 11:03:41 PM
No, technically they didn't come with rear sways.  I used the rear sway bar off of a Bronco II.  Then got air shocks, separated the lines, so they didn't feed off of each other, with some cutting, a little bit of bending, some heating (fabrication), it worked.  I know, now my pinto is more fun at turns.  Stiffening up the rear end really helped me take turns at speed.

p.s.  Do you want to buy my setup?  (Air shocks, tubes, sway bar & pictures on how to mount it).  I'm thinking about switching mine out with a 280Z independent rear end. 

eatmydust
Title: Re: Wagon sway bar
Post by: 77turbopinto on March 15, 2006, 07:04:17 AM
The easy way to install one with stock ford parts is to use the Mustang II rear bar. You will need the shock plates, end link brackets, and you will need the shocks for the MII as well.

I don't recamend installing a rear bar without a beefy front bar to help balance the car. If you only install the rear bar with no front one, it can cause the back of the car to fight the front for control (oversteer).

This MII donated lots of stuff to my turbo pinto.

Bill
Title: Re: Wagon sway bar
Post by: hoots on March 23, 2006, 09:26:28 AM
hey 'eatmydust', how much for your setup? can you post a pic or two?
Title: Re: Wagon sway bar
Post by: wagonmaster on March 26, 2006, 03:40:52 PM
The Mstg II shocks will not fit a wagon without modification. The Mstg II upper mount is a stud type like the Pinto sedan/h.b., but the wagon uses a cross pin with two bolts that go into the body and a stud at the bottom.
Title: Re: Wagon sway bar
Post by: eatmydust on March 26, 2006, 09:25:19 PM
Here is a pic of how my sway bar mounts to the axel.     The air shocks are what makes this system work best, in my opinion.

eatmydust
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Title: Re: Wagon sway bar
Post by: Pintony on March 26, 2006, 10:09:06 PM
 :what: The heck are those big blocks for?

in the top photo just behind the black arrow attached to the leaf spring???

From Pintony
Title: Re: Wagon sway bar
Post by: eatmydust on March 26, 2006, 11:23:15 PM
Not sure what they are for . . . they're factory OR put on before I got it.  Pintony, your'e a part guy, don't you know what they are???  LOL

eatmydust
Title: Re: Wagon sway bar
Post by: Pintony on March 27, 2006, 01:02:48 AM
Hello eatmydust,
Parts YES! But I have probally 200 NOS Pinto parts that I do not even know what they are for...
Mostly because I only mess with the 1971-73 Pinto.
Beyond that I'm not too interested.
I still think the 74-UP Pinto's are COOL 8) though....
My son loves the 79-80 Pinto???
Which works out great!
No competition over Parts. ;D

From Pintony
Title: Re: Wagon sway bar
Post by: 77turbopinto on March 27, 2006, 05:48:47 AM
Those are vibration/torque dampers, kind of like the big thing hanging off the back of the tranny.

I have seen them only on the wagons.

Bill
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