Karcepts Sway Bar – sway bar weight comparisons

Jon — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 15:17:32 +0000

Well my post earlier about the weights of the different sway bars was well received, so I thought I’d look at the newest player in the S2000 sway bar market, the Karcepts sway bar. This is a great STR class sway bar or BS sway bar. Here’s a pic:

Well here are the weights according to my trusty scale:

Stock brackets (this bar reuses the stock brackets): 14.6 oz x2
Endlinks: 7 oz x 2
Arms: 34 oz x 2
Bushing Mounts: 6.3 oz x 2
Bar (1.25″ hollow): 7 lb 15 oz
Hardware: 8 oz

So the total weight comes out to 16.2 lb. This is significantly lighter than the Gendron, and just a little heavier than the Ankeny/ ARE bar. Here are all the S2000 sway bar weights I’ve measured:

Sway Bar	Weight
Ankeny/ARE 1.375" Blade Bar	14.75 lb
Karcepts 1.25" hollow front sway bar	16.2 lb
Gendron 1.25" hollow bar with ball bearing mounts	19.5 lb

And by the way, yeah I have all three bars in my garage. Which one am I currently using? The Karcepts one. It’s pretty awesome. More on that later.

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Best air compressor for autocross: Viair 70P

Jon — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 02:25:42 +0000

So, I’ve been using my Viair 70P air compressor for a few years at autocrosses and loving it, a lot. So much faster, quieter, and more durable than anything else out there. Not too much more money either. Less money when you consider how often I was replacing crappy tire inflators before.

I had the opportunity to write a review over at The Review Squad about it, figured I’d link it here. Did a nice little table of all the Viair compressors if you want to get something that fills tires even faster. This one will do my normal fill job which is something like 30 psi to 35 psi in a 255/40/17 in something like 20 seconds. Really useful for someone who’s racing and sometimes you can need to fill in a hurry.

Here’s the link: Best Tire Inflator review at the Review Squad

Viair 70P

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