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Posted by: yeahmag Oct 22 2020, 10:23 AM

Does anyone have experience with the ADDCO 974 rear swaybar? Pricing is good and it seems like I could adapt it to mount to the shock bolts with minimal effort.

Posted by: Mark Henry Oct 22 2020, 11:54 AM

I have real old one kicking around somewhere, IIRC it really sucked (attachment) compared to a stock bar.

Posted by: yeahmag Oct 22 2020, 12:06 PM

Yeah. The default attachment method appears to be drilling a hole through the trailling arm in front of the "axle hole" and through bolting it.

Posted by: Chris914n6 Oct 22 2020, 01:45 PM

Moving the attachment point will make it stiffer.

But really, it's not a good design thus it never became common.

Posted by: carr914 Oct 23 2020, 04:35 AM

I know the Owner of ADDCO personally

Find a Better Bar

Posted by: Tdskip Oct 23 2020, 06:18 AM

To be fair I have not tried any of their products on a 914, but have used them for our applications and they just never seem to fit right.

Posted by: maf914 Oct 23 2020, 03:53 PM

I put a pair of ADDCO sway bars on my old 1992 Nissan pickup (back when imported pickups were small) along with some Tokico shocks. Not bad. They really tightened up the handling. Don't know anything about their 914 bars.

Posted by: 914Toy Oct 23 2020, 07:50 PM

If you are not going to track/auto cross your car, some of us believe you do not need a rear anti sway bar.

Posted by: yeahmag Oct 23 2020, 08:08 PM

Oh I’m way out in left field here. I will be running over twice the normal autocross spring rate on the rear and am considering a rear sway bar to be able to back that down a bit. At the very least a tuning device.

If anyone in SoCal has a bar I can test with and potentially buy, let me know.

Posted by: sixnotfour Oct 24 2020, 02:53 AM

addco on my dads 914 used a piece of angle iron on shock bolt .

Posted by: Johny Blackstain Oct 24 2020, 06:25 AM

I'm quite satisfied with my rear Addco, however it's bolted to a Eaton limited slip with 3/4 ton springs & air shocks...


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Posted by: Tdskip Oct 24 2020, 07:04 AM

QUOTE(Johny Blackstain @ Oct 24 2020, 07:25 AM)

I'm quite satisfied with my rear Addco, however it's bolted to a Eaton limited slip with 3/4 ton springs & air shocks...

Posted by: maf914 Oct 27 2020, 05:39 PM

QUOTE(carr914 @ Oct 23 2020, 02:35 AM)

Posted by: Chris914n6 Oct 27 2020, 07:27 PM

Don't have my notes handy, but the stock rear bar calculated out to only around 30 lbs/in. Significant on a 110lb stock spring but not so much at double...

Depending on your front bar you might want to go for the adjustable race spec version from whoever is making them these days.

QUOTE(yeahmag @ Oct 23 2020, 07:08 PM)