2011/08/27 20:26:10
mud
Would anyone have any photos of the std Mk2 Escort rear sway bar?
 
Cheers.
2011/08/29 11:51:40
hak073
Is this what you were after?



2011/08/29 12:23:34
mud
Thanks Peter.
I was reading a thread on turbosport the other night and a guy was talking about having anti-trap bars and a sway bar fitted to his mk2. I would of thought they'd be mutually exclusive and those photos seem to support that?
2011/08/29 14:07:14
PaulMk1
You could always mount the swaybar to the rear:

(pic off a Mk1 Lotus twincam)
 
2012/03/28 01:07:47
alarmour
I would have thought that the rear sway bar would act like a tramp bars anyway - you have similar bushes on both, and the sway bar should be preventing the axle from 'winding up' in the same way that tramp bars do since it would not compress just as a tram bar is designed not to compress under load.. 
 
I have a Mk2 axle on my Mk1, so I was considering using a rear sway bar instead of putting tramp bars since I want the body roll stiffened up as well as wanting to eliminate axle wind up.  My only issue is the body brackets needed to fit the sway bar to a Mk1 - if anyone has pics showing where the Mk2 rear sway bar attaches to the body in relation to the frame rails etc I would love to have a look at them.  I am wondering if the Mk1 tramp bar body brackets could be used for this purpose... Any knowledge/advice would be gratefully received.
2012/03/28 09:14:53
Paul Dunstan
Is that rear sway bar mounted to the boot floor
2012/03/28 10:41:01
mud
Yep. With blocks of wood by the look of it.
2012/03/28 21:48:53
jimmyd
MK2 utilises the muffler mounting bolt from memory, other side uses a through chassis rail tube and a 6-8" long through bolt
2012/03/29 08:53:50
Matt75
There are many posts on the this subject about how to stop the axle hopping.
 
It seems the Aussie way to go is to get a new set of leafs made up with a rebound leaf added and the front eye half reversed.  This coupled with good shocks (Bilstein or konis etc) will eliminate axle tramp.
 
I don;t think the rear sway bar does much at all.  I had one in my old RS and when I took it out it was actually much better.
 
The Poms all seem to go the anti tramp kits but these seem to be undesireable on the track.
 
Though if it's a street driven car and you want to eliminate the axle hop then an anti tramp kit makes sense.
 
Cheers,
 
Matt
2012/03/29 10:45:19
Knightime
The only way to stop axle tramp (which is spring windup) is with anti tramp rods.
The Escort with the sway bar mounted to the boot floor was quite common years ago I think it was a Selby,s sway bar as was the panhard bar.
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