Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 13:14:16 -0500 From: Chris Ault <aultnopsamelnetworks.com> Subject: Re: Sway /anti roll bars - Needed on an 85t16?
John wrote: > > I have an 85 900 T16 with anti-roll bars front and rear - are they any > advantage - especialy at the front ? I need to replace the bushes at the > front and am considering removing the front bar altogether. > > John I was recently inquiring to a local Saab specialist about this very issue. Was told that front sway bars weren't added to the 900 until '87, but can be as an add-on kit. $$$ and much time. I find our '85 900 has a lot of body roll. It's a non-turbo, 8-valve. Not fast. I find the body roll very difficult to anticipate and it's hard to keep the car feeling tight to the road. Everything checked ok too, suspension-wise. I can't imagine trying to drive the car this way if it were turbo-16V. Our 9000 is turbo-16V and sticks to the road like it's on rails. My 99 (model, not model year) also stuck to the road similarily. It's just our 85 900 that's loose. The design is very different. If I were going to do anything like you're thinking of, I'd be adding more anti-roll support, and the swaybar kit up front. Definitely. And harder shocks and springs.... ;) But perhaps your's feels a lot tighter. Just my CDN$0.02. -chris p.s. read somewhere recently that putting the bushings in the freezer overnight makes it a lot easier to replace them.
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