Porsche 914 Front Sway Bar Installation 

Hello Ian, I am about to implement this bone stock bar and I would like to get the pieces that need to be dwelled. your video is great, thank you for your explanation. I am in France and I want to order those pieces. Where can I get them? Pierre

Glad I could help!

Hope you still have that car...

Thanks, Hans. Glad you enjoy the videos. You can definitely do this upgrade. The only technical part is the welding, and as welds go, these are as simple as they come. Go for it! Then do what I do...take the car to a gray-haired mechanic so they can check your work and make sure all is safe.

rotarybreather My ‘68 912 was the favorite of my six running P cars.

go for it!

Glad you like it. Go ahead and do this upgrade. Night and day difference.

Try Bruce Stone or Garold Schaffer or put. A wtb on 914world.com

you're right about the links not being symmetrical. But they're really hard to fit if you have them in backwards. Are you thinking that 8 hours is too long?

Thanks, John. you'll love having a sway bar...

@@IanKarr Drives super nice! Started on it yesterday, finished it up today after finding more "surprises" left to me by the previous owner. (he installed the control arm of the GT3 suspension upside down, so I had to tackle that nonsense) Drove it through some winding Washington mountain roads to test. Superb.

Hey there Frances! Some A arms didn't come with brackets. You can buy the brackets alone and weld them on...or buy some that already have em. Good luck!

nice

Which bottom bolt are you referring to? All bolts should have matching nuts

@@IanKarr The lowest bolt of the three inserted through the bracket in the fender well. The bolt heads are seen in your opening shot. The nut appears to be present on that bracket but not sandwiching anything?

@dennisvogel It sandwiches the metal between the wheel well and fuel tank, like the other two top bolts. Then the bracked is welded to the wheel well for added strength.

Yup Rose Passion isnt going to continue the "Weltmeister" line. Once the their stock is gone thats it.

914 werke Wonder why they bought the name? Turns out Brad’s Kit didn’t work so it was back to Auto Atlanta. They had one install kit left.

@@jockellis perhaps for just the remainder of their other P-car inventory. Curious why didnt it "work"?

Knee Dragger Didn’t fit the bar. I don’t like returning things so I guess I’ll have to get another 914 that needs a sway bar.

cool!

Michael Kelly hi Michael, I got mine from belmetric.com. They even had it in yellow zinc. FYI, you can go a size shorter if you want.

Coming soon... when I add the rear sway bar to the Bumblebee. I'm told the trick is to drill a very small hole in the cup so air can escape as you push it in on the car. To get the bushing in the drop link, try boiling them and coating with glycerin before putting in a vise or shop press.

@@IanKarr Thanks Ian, I found the trick to be a heat gun. Pick up 6 bushings though cause you will prob over heat the first ones. Just the right temp and the fit is factory tight.

@@gtbarnes11 great tip. thanks!

Essayez Garold Shaffer ou Bruce Stone sur 914world.com. Merci!

Do you meant the ball joint nut? Looks like a large ring with four notches. If so, and you don't have the special tool, just use a chisel placed in one of the slots and a BFH (big F'in hammer) to bang it counter-clockwise.

Hi @jockellis. The drop link mounts were already on the control arms...though my car didn't originally come with those. A generous fellow 914World member hooked me up. You can see me install them with new bushings in the A-arm video. I'm pretty sure you can buy the brackets separately and convert the regular A-arms. Nothing needed to be adjusted except centering the bar. The stock setup doesn't allow for any adjustments. Not sure how other sway bar installs would compare, but I assume the drilling and prep part is the same, if the bar goes in the same spot as stock. Regarding the welding, I used my Hobart 110 MIG welder. Not pretty, but they got the job done. I've been meaning to sign up for some night welding classes... Good luck with your projects!

Ian Karr Thanks, Ian. What wire and amperage did you use? Glad I bought a MiG welder to do homework when not in class. You did have to remove gas tank, didn’t you?

@@jockellis I believe the wire is .30. Not sure of the amperage. It's just tacks, so pretty basic. Yes, you def need to remove the gas tank to install the brackets.

Ian, thank you so much. Have you, by any chance, done anything to your torsion bars? I’m putting on M21s before I do the sway bars. When I bought my first one in 1973 at Brumos the salesman said that for an additional $500 they could reset the torsion bars and lower the front to give me 5 more mph. Since I want to do hillclimbs with it eventually I’d like to have it as low as legally possible.

@@jockellis I kept the stock torsion bars. You can lower or raise whatever bars you have with the adjustment screw. Pretty sure the stock height was set by US DOT to comply with bumper safety issues. If you're going to track it, I suppose you can go as low as you like.