Miata Mailing List: November 1993, Message #123
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From: Alan Dahl
Subject: Re: Motorsport Auto Sway Bar
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 11:57:36 -0500
[My apologies to those people who get this message twice, I didn't notice that
the orginal message was posted to the Miata list, not the auto-x list - Alan]
Herb Samuels writes:
> Previous posts by Alan Dahl and Michael Butler indicated that they were very
> happy with their Motorsport Auto sway bar. Both said that the front bar was
> 7/8 inch which was somewhat smaller than the bars from other places which
> are closer to 1 inch. The current Motorsport Auto catalog lists the front
> sway bars as 15/16 inch and this is also true for the 1991 catalog. Did you
> have the bars specially made as 7/8 inch or are they really 15/16 inch (which
> is really close to 7/8).
No, the catalog is wrong, the bar is really 7/8", I measured it with a 7/8"
wrench just to make sure after I read the catalog they shipped with the bar. I
have no idea why the catalog is wrong. BTW: the Motorsport Auto bar is
specially made for them and is not available through anyplace else.
I suppose it's possible that all these bars are really metric sizes and
Motorsport Auto rounded up to 15/16" while the other places rounded down, but
my 7/8" wrench still fits over the bar and it's a very tight fit.
No matter, though, it works and that's all that counts. At $189 for the
front/rear set it's a bargain even if you just need the front bar (any
suggestions for what to do with the rear bar?). Maybe if we got enough people
to write/call them we could get them to sell just the front bar for us
autocrossers?
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