I am 10 miles away, though i dont have my elise yet, that comes i was told on the 18th of this month to the port, then 2-3 weeks after that i will have it,
what do you need done?
Laura
Here is what I need done. There is a custom swaybar guy there named John. The company is Saner Performance Fabrication. I have been talking to John about making us a custom front swaybar for the Elise.
He needs to look at the car. Maybe 20-30 minutes of time to take some measurements.
I googled his address and its not that far off of i-95.
I go around there about once a month to visit relatives and can stop by the weekend after my car arrives, unless someone else gets a chance to go sooner.
Laura, I thought your car was coming in before mine, but mine is at the port already. Glad to see that you survived the hurricane.
Master, I sent you a PM about a week ago- We live in the same town!
I'm stuck for the next 2 weeks I can't make it there but after that I should be able to drive up on a Saturday so if no one gets their car in the next 2 weeks I'll be glad to drive up and let him measure my Elise.
HOME OFFICE
1449 SW FLOUNDER LANE
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL 34953
PH / FAX 772-873-0238
SHOP
1753 S.W. BILTMORE STREET
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL 34984
PH-772-873-9222
FAX- 772-873-9228
Owner is John Carlson. He has been providing custom swaybars to many racing teams and many models of cars. I worked with him on the MR2 Spyder.
He said he would be happy to meet someone at the shop on a Saturday.
There is no big rush to get this done. It's just one more step to making this car a dominating competitor in SCCA.
By the way, the plan is to look at possibly replacing the stock front bar with a custom hollow bar that has a slightly larger diameter. There are some possible limitations that may make a hollow bar not workable. A hollow bar can save a lot of weight though.
In any case, we want to end up with a custom bar that has some adjustability to it's stiffness but with the ability to gain a little front end stiffness (which should reduce some of the oversteer also).
When I went to visit Mitch from Race and Prestige (HermansLotus) in NJ a few months ago, he mentioned that they were working on swaybars too. I'm not sure if they were for the front or the rear.
I would very much appreciate it, and it will be a good thing for all the Elise owners looking for alternative upgraded swaybars.
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