Bob, in theory, you're basically right. Disconnecting the sway bar, I believe, allows a little more front suspension extension, thereby helping weight transfer. But, you need to be launching pretty hard (like, say, an 11 second car, or something that has a 60-foot time of 1.6 or lower) to get to the point where that'll come into play. Also, most cars do twist (torque roll as you say) a little on launch. The left front comes up higher than the right front.
-Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Holtzman Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] Anti sway bar (removed?) On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Dave Studly wrote: > However, I think your car needs to be in the 11s before a sway bar could > really hurt your straight line performance (more specifically, hindering > weight transfer). How about educating me? It seems that if the car is set up correctly the front end will come straight up (assuming no torque roll) in which case the antisway bar shouldn't affect weight transfer. According to what I see in the geometry, the only time the bar has any effect is when one wheel tries to come up first. If I'm wrong please correct me. Thanks. -- Bob Holtzman "A man is a man who will fight with a sword, Or tackle Mount Everest in snow; But the bravest of all owns a '34 Ford, Who will try for six thousand in low!" Roger Huntington ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
