Front sway bar makes a big difference!
Off the top of my head they are 24" torsional length and around 8.5" or 9" lever length. 23.5mm or 24mm diameter depending on where it's measured.
http://www.cs.unm.edu/~donour/cars/evo_endlinks/
The way I understand those "safety retaining washers" is that if your rod end ball socket breaks the safety retaining washer keeps the rod end from coming off the head side of the bolt. It appears in donour's pics (the last one) they are on the wrong side of the rod end. Not a huge safety issue to lose the front bar but its always good to stay in good practice. Correct me if Iam wrong.
In fact putting them on both sides gives better articulation of the rod end especially at the silly angle the front ones end up at.
The way I understand those "safety retaining washers" is that if your rod end ball socket breaks the safety retaining washer keeps the rod end from coming off the head side of the bolt. It appears in donour's pics (the last one) they are on the wrong side of the rod end. Not a huge safety issue to lose the front bar but its always good to stay in good practice. Correct me if Iam wrong.
In fact putting them on both sides gives better articulation of the rod end especially at the silly angle the front ones end up at.
The way I understand those "safety retaining washers" is that if your rod end ball socket breaks the safety retaining washer keeps the rod end from coming off the head side of the bolt. It appears in donour's pics (the last one) they are on the wrong side of the rod end. Not a huge safety issue to lose the front bar but its always good to stay in good practice. Correct me if Iam wrong.
In fact putting them on both sides gives better articulation of the rod end especially at the silly angle the front ones end up at.
The original ones that I built now have about 200 autocross runs and maybe 100-120 track miles on them (hitting rumble strips at 80+ mph). My transient loads are about 1.3G. I pulled them off in february to inspect and they look great and everything still adjusts smoothly/easily. There's a big factor of safety in the parts. The only way I see them breaking is if you jump the car and land sideways on two wheels. In that case, your end links are the least of your worries.
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This will be my long-term plan, but for now I can’t justify going through all the hassle of installing the front bar. However, with 38k miles on the stock clutch, I may have to get it done soon.... Not that I’m looking forward for that either.
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