Introduction
In my post on possible development direction, I didn’t even mention the possibility that I might add an anti roll bar into the mix. But I ordered a SuperPro 27mm front anti roll bar from BOFi Racing and paid for next day delivery as I wanted it in the car before my next trip to Thruxton. This is a review of the upgrade.
Installation
I had also ordered some rose-jointed adjustable drop links for the car. This was a whim and I thought necessary as the current ones were only a year or so old. As you can see below the batterring sustained by 1000 or so miles since they were fitted shows this wasn’t a bad idea and I think I will add the Cobalt drop links to my standard rear ARB at some point in the future to see if the hold up better.
They arrived next day and it was game on. I managed to wrestle the old one out of the car without removing the undertray plastics but the reverse was not possible and I needed to remove some bolts to give wriggle room around the steering hardware. The SuperPro is much heavier than the original and much thicker in diameter so having a person on each side is really helpful.
The adjustable rose-jointed drop links from Cobalt needed assembling and installation ideally needs some imperial spanners or improvisation bur was uneventful.
First Impressions
Taking the out on the road there was little difference from the standard one in that there was little additional noise or vibration from the running gear, handling was not markedly different or massively stiffer than before.
In some ways this was reassuring as it meant I’d not made a choice that had made things worse.
I was comfortable that the proof of concept would come at Thruxton in a few days time.
The next day I re-checked the drop links bolts and mounting brackets and waited to go to Thruxton.
