Curt C,
You nailed it, the front and rear bar were splined, changes were quick and relatively simple. Ever hear the saying. "If I had it to do over again!"? I only have a customers car in the shop now (new and grander shop
which I really can't take the liberty of using it for a test vehicle. It was so nerve wracking to start with, what, how to mount, where to hook it up and on and on. It turned out so easy though. Maybe I just got lucky, only bent up two wrong bars and mounted the third which I ended up with. "TRC" (Honda of Marysville) tested for us. The G's on a skid pad with their driver out pulled a 1.3 skid pad test (using the exact same configuration as dvcobra with boxed rear control arms). He also burnt up the egine depriving it of
oil on the #3 bearing. Viper then told me after I had to buy new parts for this engine that we pulled a 1+ G and knew exactly what bearing went first! Told me I would have to run a baffeled Viper
oil pan! Then they tell me...! When I build the next Cobra I plan on building correct bars.
You are right about the size though, we did use the stock bar on the rear but the front was probably half as big in diameter. Thinking back a few years I think Speedway Motors got the weights of the car from me and suggested the size of the bar to start with-?
I love building these cars!
DV