Yup, I did have a big front bar on one of my cars for awhile. It did corner flatter and have faster transition times, but I couldn't get on the gas as fast coming out of corners due to the loss of traction. I think for auto-x, where you do alot of transitions, a big front bar might be the way to go. For road racing, I prefer the stock front bar, big rear bar...
-josh --- Chris Franson <[email protected]> wrote: > on 7/3/2002 7:44 AM, josh Wyte wrote: > > > Nope, more *rear* bar gives you more *front* > traction! > No, strictly speaking, more rear bar gives you less > rear traction. > > The front bar will increase understeer > significantly, > No, it doesn't. Because VWs with stock and somewhat > stiffer than stock > springs (I include the SRS street springs in this > group) are *so* prone to > body roll, the front swaybar improves front traction > by keeping more of the > front tires on the ground. In a car where you're > able to put sufficiently > stiff springs on it, swaybars become progressively > less necessary. Take a > car like Iain Mannix & Kevin Wenzel's FSP 8v > Scirocco. Big front bar, *no* > rear bar, with something like 250f/400r springs. > There are divergent > theories of making VWs handle- I'm absolutely not in > the big-rear-bar/no > front bar camp. > > What it does do it help with camber changes... > Exactly, and that's why it works VWs, and strut > suspensions in general have > absolutely dreadful camber control. The A4 cars get > around this somewhat by > having a lot of caster, something like 7 degrees, > but that won't help in > autocross slaloms, for instance, where you don't > have a lot of steering > dialed in. Have you actually tested the bigger front > bar? I've had big front > bars on my '84, '87 16v, and '97 VR6. Every one of > them was more neutral > with the big bar. All had (have) stock springs, but > like I said, the theory > doesn't change until you get to where you have > *really* stiff springs on the > car, and then the bumpy track becomes a problem > there too. I like Dick > Shine, but I just don't buy into his theory because > I've seen it work the > other way when he says it won't. > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
