Originally Posted by
stevo123
It would work but you might find a lack of front end grip, epecially in the wet and exiting corners. I think newer cars have thicker bars because they are heavier. They feel stiffer because the shells have less flex in them.
I may be (quite possibly wrong) in my last 2 points and I am sure someone will correct me if I am.
PS
You will get a better feel in your sierra by replacing bushes and dampers for uprated stuff-but you already knew that!
i agree with the shell stiffness, totaly, and of course poly bushes, or even new ford bushes will be a great improvement over 20 year old ones. just when your under a new car (had an 07 leon fr) the sheer size of the bars is immense! just cant help thinking there is something in that? a sierra shell must be fairy stiff with the tunnel etc? i think it may call for a bit of an experiment.