Ok, it is not complete, but I've exhausted my resources.
So, here are the highlights (factory tuned options) from what I've found based on info direct from Volvo, as well as trying to fill in the holes from used part listings (these numbers are indicated with a ?)
The big takeaways are:
1. The xc70 has an under-sized rear bar from the get go (explains a lot, except for why Volvo decided to do this in the first place).
2. The front sway bars are always bigger than the rear.
3. The xc70 front sway is the same as the v70 rd and the v60 p* (This is why it is unnecessary to replace the front bar).
4. From my limited survey results, the Euro & Aussie xc70 varieties have the same rear sway, so if they are stiffer out of the factory it's not because of the bar.
5. Based on this info, I think that the IPD bar is either a softer material or is way oversized. Nothing out of the factory, even the p*, is bigger than 22mm.
So that is what I know and I'm thinking I might try and get a p* rear sway for my xc70 and see what it does.
View attachment 39890
ps if all of this just wet your appetite for stabilizer bar info check this out:
http://www.swedishbricks.net/faq/swaybars.html
So, here are the highlights (factory tuned options) from what I've found based on info direct from Volvo, as well as trying to fill in the holes from used part listings (these numbers are indicated with a ?)
The big takeaways are:
1. The xc70 has an under-sized rear bar from the get go (explains a lot, except for why Volvo decided to do this in the first place).
2. The front sway bars are always bigger than the rear.
3. The xc70 front sway is the same as the v70 rd and the v60 p* (This is why it is unnecessary to replace the front bar).
4. From my limited survey results, the Euro & Aussie xc70 varieties have the same rear sway, so if they are stiffer out of the factory it's not because of the bar.
5. Based on this info, I think that the IPD bar is either a softer material or is way oversized. Nothing out of the factory, even the p*, is bigger than 22mm.
So that is what I know and I'm thinking I might try and get a p* rear sway for my xc70 and see what it does.
View attachment 39890
ps if all of this just wet your appetite for stabilizer bar info check this out:
http://www.swedishbricks.net/faq/swaybars.html