Is There Any Tension Rod Bar That Clear The Trust Sump Extension?

[9krpm]

I bought a cusco tension bar and tried to install it last night. I realised that the Trust sump extension gets in the way. If the cusco has a bit more offset to the front it would clear the sump easily.

Is there anything out there that has more offset than the cusco?

[Al]

Are you referring to the front sway bar?

If so PM Sydneykid, he made one for my car to clear the High Energy sump, fits perfect with heaps of clearance and at a good price too.

[9krpm]

Thanks Al. My sway bar has nil problem with the sump. It's a tension bar which, is not standard, holds the 2 front parts where the caster arm bolt to the chassis.

[Mr. Keets]

I have one on my R. Considering its a "nice to have" as opposed to a integral part of the chassis/suspension I guess you could fab one up. I've not seen one especially for a sump extension.

[Duncan]

I can't even imagine how the castor/radius/tension rod fouls on the sump, especially the trust one that only goes down. got a pic of the problem

[9krpm]

Duncan, I was hoping for an answer mate and not more question lol

Duncan, the tension rod bar is a bar that connects the 2 front mounting points for the 2 caster rods. It goes across the car. It sits roughly just underneath the front point of the oem sump. Unfortunately it does not offset far enough forward to clear an extended sump.

[Duncan]

Right-o, never seen one and never thought I needed one! Have you been having issues with the radius/tension rod mounting points moving? because it is a very strong part of the subframe they are mounted to.

We certainly get tight clearance between the extended sump and sway bar when putting the motor in, but everything is OK once it is on its engine mounts.

[Beer Baron]

bummer! I have the cusco tension rod brace on my car and i'm just about to put in the crate motor with trust extension. are you sure that you're not able to rotate it? my tension rod brace doesn't sit below the sump, it sits in front. and the trust sump doesn't stick out any further forward, just downwards.

[9krpm]

I had 2 go at it aldready Beer and it won't fit.

I wish that someone can show me a way.

I found a picture on SAU of what we are looking at

As you can see from the picture the sump sits roughly inline with where the front mounting points for the caster rods are. The cusco mount into the inside bracket of the caster rod mounting points. These mounting points are behind the sump. The cusco brace is offset to the front. It will clear most of the sump extension but not at the top of the extension. It would be nice if the cusco has a tad more offset.

Dunc, I know of someone, who is very fast on this forum, had to reweld the caster rod mounting point. The cause of the break is certainly unknown. I don't know what caster rods he has either. One would assume this would break, from ripple strip or during transportation, rather than the front mounting bracket.

[Duncan]

well...thats exactly what happened to my car. I broke both side caster rods in seperate incidents. no sign of damage or stress on the LCA or subframe mounting, both times the rod broke where the studs go thru to the LCA. the front caster rod mount is very strong but also I would think under less stress because it is the pivot/lever point.

[BHDave]

I had a different issue. Mine cleared the sump but not the whiteline sway bar

gtst not gtr though

I gave it to a mate and it is now happily sitting on his s13 track hack in my back yard and it clears the whiteline bar on that