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Re: Front and rear sway bar

Postby NitroDann » Sun May 25, 2014 10:26 am

speed wrote:I have bilstein's and king springs. If I changed the front sway bar to a white line or racing beat, what could I expect handling wise?


If you stiffen the front bar, the grip boas will go to the rear. This goes for springs also but springs act under all circumstances where swaybars act only when the qheels move independantly.

THe sway bar will flatten the chassis when cornering, but then so will stiffer springs.

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Re: Front and rear sway bar

Postby hks_kansei » Sun May 25, 2014 4:12 pm

Trackphotos wrote:
hks_kansei wrote:The old rule of thumb was:

If it oversteers put a thicker one in the rear or thinner in the front.

If it understeers, the opposite.


Isn't that the other way around? Reduce oversteer by softening the rear suspension, to squat more and skate less?


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Re: Front and rear sway bar

Postby speed » Mon May 26, 2014 9:40 am

Thanks Dann


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Re: Front and rear sway bar

Postby Trackphotos » Mon May 26, 2014 8:59 pm

Result of too much rear sway and not enough front. Also too much speed on turn in, but sshh.

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