Registry 8x Series V8 Swaps (10 Viewers)

[wiynwiyn]

Yup. Power steering and driver side header was very tight on my swap. I figured the drive shaft would have hit sway bar over bumps or something so I fabricated the temporary sway bar drop at the time from the high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic, rated 4,000 psi versus aluminum at 10,000 tp 75,000 psi. Easy to construct. I kept it on since I haven’t run into a problem with it yet. Wanted to experience with it. Will replace with a robust ones if it breaks. Torque on the bolts is 13 ft lbs I believe so I think the sway bar drop won’t need to be high compression, besides the sway bar shifts side to side.

 

[FlyinFaded]

^^ absolutely this.
PS, AC, alt, exhaust manifolds, oil pan at a minimum, check front driveshaft to oil pan, etc.

Now is the time to figure all that out, not after the mounts are burned in.

Oh for sure. Was just getting things in rough spots using a mock up block. I have my engine ready to go this weekend. Will be using it to place everything. Just machined my crossmember today to make it work. Should fit ok now based on what a few of you have been telling me. Slotted it 1 1/4 inch. Just to be sure. I won’t be using this once the truck is done. I have a stronger skid plate/crossmember that you can see under it kind of.

 

[FlyinFaded]

Yup. Power steering and driver side header was very tight on my swap. I figured the drive shaft would have hit sway bar over bumps or something so I fabricated the temporary sway bar drop at the time from the high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic, rated 4,000 psi versus aluminum at 10,000 tp 75,000 psi. Easy to construct. I kept it on since I haven’t run into a problem with it yet. Wanted to experience with it. Will replace with a robust ones if it breaks. Torque on the bolts is 13 ft lbs I believe so I think the sway bar drop won’t need to be high compression, besides the sway bar shifts side to side.

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lol I had sway bar quick disconnects on and once I disconnected them, I never reconnected them. I took it off for the swap and sometime off-roading I bashed the pins that held the sway bar up out of the way and bent them. So there was no easy way to reconnect. So I just removed it altogether. I never used it anyways.