Can anyone tell me if there's any benifit from either anti roll bar set up as i have an RS1600i one
in my garage and aint sure if i should put that one on or just stick with my S1 one?

 

The RS1600i rollbar is said to be the better one, being used on the Motorsport car. The roll bar itself is thicker and supposed to be the best for handling, the tie bars mount up with rubber bushes (as opposed to the jointed tie bars on a S1) and the RSi item has a cast alloy cross member which is quite a bit lighter then the heavy cast steel s1 item

 

Top info dude rekon i will stick the RS1600i on save a bit of weight

 

Another way of looking at it though.... extra weight means more traction!"

There is very little between the two so wouldn't bother if I was you. If the item on the S1 is damaged then fair enough. But there is no point in changing it for the sack of things.

Also the cast plate on the S1 will b stronger than the 1600i item

 

i presonally prefer the S1 rollbar, i dont like the look of the joints on the tie bars one bit

 

im sure the s1 set up was made by ford due to regulations that got brought in at the time

 

The RS1600 tie bars are rose jointed as well, but the two tiny M8 bolts holding them and taking all the braking forces have always seemed scary to my eyes.

 

s1kid if you dont want it mate i'll see you on saturday any way

 

Only problem I have with them is grinding the bottom ones off on heavy landings

Oh and I have completely snapped 1 alloy cross member in 3 places in competition use, but it immediatly got replaced by another So it must be beneficial

I did have the S1 corner plates on my Mk4 Escort with bigger rose jointed tension struts but didnt transfer them over to the Mk3 car when I built it

 

So do you rekon i shold change over to the RS1600i as i gave it a bit of a grind up today it
came up a treat rekon i may get it powder coated im hopeing not to do many heavy landings.

smitsturbo Spot on see you saturday. Aint sure what im doing with the spare ARB as i have had someone on to me already about that dude

 

Depends on the condition of the joints, as they are no longer available, and why your thinking of changing it.

 

I will have to check the rosejoints and see what the stroy is.

Im thinking changeing it as i bought the RS1600i one a good few years back i had heard that the RS1600i one was a motorsport spec item which was suposely better and as my car is pritty muched striped down at the mo was consedring which one i should fit back to my car.

 

Let your decision be lead by the state of the joints.

A bigger ARB will make it understeer more if you dont change the back one too