I think I disagree on this. Not adding any swaybars to the front is just as pointless as only adding a huge rear sway bar. The swaybars connect the suspension on both sides of the car, allowing for roll resistance. A larger front swaybar would help to keep both front tires in contact with the ground, which should allow for more grip in order to turn faster and harder. Adding a huge bar to the back and leaving the front alone seems like it is not what you would want to do. It would change the car from understeer to slight oversteer, which while it would defiantly be fun would also be more unpredictable and probably not as fast and consistent. I agree with adding on a rear bar, but to not add a front bar, or disconnecting the front bar does not seem like a good idea to me. Adding a front bar, and then dialing in a rear bar from there to provide the best feel seems like it should be how to go. Just because the car understeers or doesn't 'feel' as fast doesn't mean it really is slower. It would almost be like running much higher rate springs on the rear than on the front of the car.
Any suspension experts in here? -Denis ----- Original Message ----- From: "DocWyte" <[email protected]> To: "Rich Blake" <[email protected]>; "A2-16v" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [A2-16v] Suspension Report Auto X > Add the largest rear swaybar you can. I like the > Shine Racing swaybar, it has no brackets that can fail > and no bushings that creak. > > Leave the stock front swaybar in place!!! If you add > a larger front swaybar you might as well not even > bother to get swaybars at all, you'll only be > counteracting the larger rear swaybar and dialing in > understeer... > > -josh > > > --- Rich Blake <[email protected]> wrote: > > Finally got the car on the track with the new > > suspension bits (Bilstien > > HD/H&R Sport springs) and results are good and bad. > > The good is that the > > car is much less prone to body roll and turn in is > > more precise and smooth. > > Definately feels much better than stock suspension. > > The bad is I'm still > > pushing hard coming out of the corners which tells > > me I need some stiffer > > swaybars. I tried to play with tire pressure and > > lowering the rears 2 psi > > got me .200 sec slower. Overall however, I am about > > 2 seconds faster than > > before with the new stuff. With street tires I am > > in the lower mid pack in > > DSP which is pretty good for a mostly stock under > > prepared car. Stiffer > > bars, more neg camber (@-1.5 now) and some actual > > race tires and I might be > > competitive. Saving dollars... > > > > Rich Blake > > > > _______________________________________________ > > A2-16v mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > ===== > Josh Wyte > Momentum Motorsports > 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v > For list archives, see listinfo link above. >
