Coilover support bars, how much interest?

Badart said

I know exactly what you are talking about and actually have mocked up this exact bar. The problem is the tire while turning and the bar are in the same place. If you run the bar farther forward then it gets into the bumper brackets and any farther back you will hit the upper control arm. I think in a drag race car it's not that big of an issue, but in a street car with wide tires it's not practical. Thanks for the ideas and your dart is beautiful.

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I will have to go stick my head under the car & take a look. Granted it has junk tires on it now & is high in the front but I dont see any clearance issues with the way mine was done. My snout bar is outside the top shock mount....I have seen c style truck frames that are alot thicker than the sheetmetal abody frames roll inward so I think you need to to come up with something to stop the twisting potential...there is going to be a ton of leverage generated by the top shock mount....this picture is not of my car. But mine is done the same way, be surprised if the tire and tube were ever going to touch seeing as how the tube is tucked up tight against the sheet metal......it is not in either the upper control arm mount nor the bumper mounts....couple it with your lower support and you might get a pretty rigid front end out of it......