Made a rear Sway Bar for a Speed Run !!

[Toyo496]

So out of pure boredum last night I figured I would build a rear sway bar and go for a little speed run with stock motor and some different gearing and HUGE tires, over 6" tall.

Motor: Stock Saturn 27T
Battery: Venom 3600 NiMH 7.2
Gearing: 24T pinion and 88T Blitz gear and slipper clutch
Tires: HPI GT (for the Savage)
GPS: Garmin 60CSx
Sway Bar: Bent coat hanger out of my closet

Heres the rear sway bar:



The motor and gearing and slipper clutch:



The GPS secured along side the frame plate: (use lots of zip ties)



The results:




I know 13.6 mph is not screaming fast, but for a mostly stock set up and huge heavy tires, I thought it was pretty fast. You sure can here those tires coming at you
Sway Bar worked great !! Kept me from rolling it over several several times !! In fact probably could use one in the front to keep it a little more stable while cornering at high speeds. Very simple to make....cut, bend and zip tie down....BAM done !!!

P.S.: Blitz slipper was smooth as silk !! Worked awesome, easy on drive train, no clicking, and very smooth over rough rutted terrain while accelerating !!

[shadowrejects]

heheh thats neat and creative!! haha nice!