Looking for Ward

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

       I like Jack Beck's http://www.orionmotorsports.com/ tubular front bar. 
 It bolts under the steering behind the wheels.  It costs a lot, but is 
really trick AND it fits.  You do have to drill out the outer hole in the 
lower ball joint from 12 mm to half inch to attach the Heim Joint links.
       I have Jack's bar on my 84 race car.  It does not plow at all - far 
from that - My car is still extremely tail happy.
       It was mentioned that front bars on spiders make the wheels grip 
better.  They do not make the car plow as might happen on other brands of car.
       I also have my rear bar disconnected to reduce oversteer.  There was a 
discussion of spider handling a couple of weeks ago on the Digest.

Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City


In a message dated 10/14/2002 2:03:08 PM Central Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:



> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 14:09:29 EDT
> From: TMurray845@domain.elided
> Subject: Looking for Ward
> 
> I am looking for a larger front anti-sway bar for my Alfa Spider.
> Ricambi  is very out of stock and has been for over a year.
> I recently heard that Ward of the old Ward and Dean had them still 
> available.
> If anyone knows how to contact Ward, I would greatly apprecate the info.
> I just got back from the GA AROC Cheaha track event, and had an absolute 
> blast with my car with Ricambi sport springs and Konis, but was told that 
> the 
> body roll was too excessive and needed a stiffer front bar.  From all that 
> I 
> talk to, I understand that the rear anti-sway bar is not really necessary.  
> Any advise on this would be appreciated.  
> Since top end never exceeded 100mph before braking into hard turns, I 
> really 
> enjoyed the lower gear ratio rear end which made a real difference in 
> pulling 
> through the corners allowing for a very nice controlled slide.  Very Fun !
> I would love to hear from anyone about sway bars.
> Thanks!
> Stan
> 86 Spider with carbs, cams, etc.
> 91 Spider daily driver.
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