Uh, no. The car understeers like a pig with the stock bar arrangement. With the larger rear bar and stock front bar the car is neutral. I can lift in the middle of a turn and the rear end still follows the front. It's predictable and neutral. I suggest you try it.
-josh --- Denis Palmans <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
