How does the 1st gen handle high speed highway cruising?

True but I was actually really surprised at how well it handled the swerve at 75mph with no sway bar. It didn't feel sketchy at all. But, I do have 600# King coils up front which are a lot stiffer than stock coils, which makes up for the lack of a sway bar.
If you have stock coils up front or stock rated ones, I would not recommend removing the sway bar on a daily

 

I've got OME all around on mine with Deaver J59's in the rear. I suspect that the OME's up front being stiff shocks as they are helped. I've got the 880 springs but I also have an RC so it's stiffer than if I had, say a V6 and a crew cab.

 

I did some rough calculating ....
In pounds per horsepower (weight divided by power), most factory setups are in the 19-21 range (19 pounds per horsepower). The TRD supercharged V6 is in the 15-16 pounds/HP range (guessing weight).

I was surprised that the ones I could find weights for all came out so close.