So I’ve started experimenting with sway bar strut removal! To do this you need to add a spacer where the sway bar was removed near the hub. You could also use a shorter bolt, but that would make it more difficult to put the bar back on in the field if you decided conditions warranted it. I think it’s better to do just one side, that way the strut on the other side holds the torsion bar up and out of the way.
What I found was that the front end jolt does indeed soften on impact of a bump and there is less side rolling of the machine when going over a boulder. The machine also tends to have more front end dive on the outside when turning a corner. I imagine one is more likely to scrape bottom with sway bar deactivated, but for technical boulder crawling the increased articulation is advantageous. Here is a pic of the spacer in place:
