Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread

A little paint and all done. Although this pic is of the suspension off the car and not at ride height you can see the deflection in the bearings that used to be taken up by bushing deformation. The pressures involved in smushing the bushings that much can input unwanted forces back into the suspension set up. The fellow I borrowed this idea from said he got instant response out of his sway bar and much better turn in when entering a corner (road course). My spacing ended up at 4.25" and I screwed up the offset of the zirk fittings when I welded this side together. They don't rub anywhere but it will have to be loosened and spun to get grease into them.

I never saw these sway bar links before. I like the theory of freeing up the suspension movement. It's the same reason I installed aftermarket strut rods with heim joints. I tried to install urethane sway bar links, but couldn't compress them enough to get them bolted up. I ended up with some stock replacement ones. Mine is a pre 73 car so the sway bar mounting is opposite. Those links look like they might be the right length for me out of the box.