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Hotchkis VS. motordyne sway bars

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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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Hotchkis VS. motordyne sway bars

Looking to see what everyones opinion is on these two and which ones i should go with.

thanks for your help.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 02:40 AM
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Cant go wrong with either really
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 02:58 AM
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Don't forget to upgrade those endlinks.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 03:00 AM
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^+1

Powergrid endlinks are great but expensive
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 03:05 AM
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^yeah. pretty much the same ~price as the Sway Bars themselves....
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 03:27 AM
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^yeah. pretty much the same ~price as the Sway Bars themselves....
my motordyne sways were cheaper than the powergrid endlinks lol
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 03:37 AM
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my motordyne sways were cheaper than the powergrid endlinks lol
yeah its pretty lame if you ask me.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 04:02 AM
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Neither!

Stillen Sways cause they're a good chunk cheaper.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by prinny
Neither!

Stillen Sways cause they're a good chunk cheaper.
Yeah i should have put the Stillen ones on the poll also, and to all concerned endlink upgrade is coming also they will be either powergrid or whiteline.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2010 | 12:20 PM
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Sorry this is really sad, this poll should not have made it past a dedicated bit of research.

IMO their is a reason Motordyne does not publish any specs and had to have then extracted over a few posts. Nothing personel, I would not touch them. And I don't see it making the grade of "something is better then nothing". If I had a exhaust my sway bar choice would touch, I'd modify the exhaust to work, simple as that.


Originally Posted by Max626
Thats a great deal, what are the sizes of these bars?
Originally Posted by Hydrazine
1" and 7/8".
1” = 25mm 7/8” = 22mm


Originally Posted by Jeff92se
Whoa! Nice! Info on the # of adjustments and the stiffness > stock?
Originally Posted by Hydrazine
Each sway bar has 3 stiffness settings per side. Stiffness settings ranging from 110% to 160% of baseline.
How do you leverage a 60% increase in force with a 25mm front bar. It does not add up, not when a 32mm solid bar from EVO350 netted a 30% peak increase. And their numbers aren't mathed, they give in lbs torsional rigidity specs for the oem bars and theirs. I have the EVO350 bar, you cannot move the holes any closer to increase leverage, angle is bad enough.

Originally Posted by T_K
Compared to the v1 front bar or the v2? Are they bars hollow or solid? Lastly could we get the bars individually, or do they only come as a set?

Originally Posted by Hydrazine
Compared to stock 2006 sway bars.
Solid.

And yes, we can do individual bars too. Were you looking for front or rear?

Tony
Originally Posted by T_K
I need just a front bar too. Now we need to find TWO people that only want rears.

Tony: The 110-160% over stock, is that 110-160% of the base value (10-60% actually stiffer), or is it starting at double the OEM value?

I've been looking for a solid front bar that has a fairly small range of adjustment, ~50% difference between softest and hardest, that has a softest setting fairly similar to stock. (Compared to revised bar, which you stated already).

Last question, does it only come in blue?


Progress
Front 33mm Solid 3-way
Rear 22mm Solid 2-way

Hotchkis
Front 35mm Hollow 4-way (love to see end link angle on the stiffest setting)
Rear 34mm Hollow 3-way

I think I need to make a sway bar spec thread simular to my spring shock and coilover thread.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 02:56 PM
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 03:34 PM
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I was curious to see if Gsedan35 would make an appearance in here and suggest the progress bars...just because I "know" you and have seen you suggest them before.

I love my cobbs, but I have been told they are no different than Hotchkis and I have been told they are...I got them because it was like I practically stole them they were so low priced, gotta love ebay inventory clearing...New Cobb sways and Cobb springs for less than a set of sway bars.

I really need to get back on the ball and make my endlinks. I've got them spec'd out, so all that is left to do is just order the parts, assemble and test...I hate being lazy, sometimes.
 
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