Yes, I ran the car at a few autocrosses w/ and w/o the big bar, and the car was definitely more controllable with the front bar. Honestly, I don't know if my average times were that much different, because I never did the same autocross before and after with the same conditions...and I was always on street tires in classes that allowed race rubber. However, I _definately_ noticed a reduction in understeer with the autotech front sway bar on the car.
What I care most about is a car that is easilly controlled. Unless you're an amazing driver, you're never going to be particularly competative autocrossing a streetable A2...what I really want is a car that is very tossable and predictable, and the SRS plus a big front bar was the all-round best setup I ever ran...and I've tried lots of stuff. H&R + bilsteins, Softsports + boges, stock w/ bilsteins, Weitec GT, SRS w/ bilsteins and stock springs w/ boges. > Did you ever really push your car at the auto-x or a > track school? I have, and a larger front swaybar > would introduce way more understeer and slow me down. > However, it felt better, as the front of the car > stayed flatter. I lost traction coming out of corners > tho, and the car pushed. I'm telling ya, stick with > the stock front bar... > > -josh > > > --- [email protected] wrote: > > I ran w/ stock front bar and Shine suspension > > (bilsteins + springs + rear bar) my car > > was great...but when I added a bigger front bar, the > > car handled MUCH better. W/ > > the SRS stuff alone, the car could be coaxed into > > oversteer by lifting the throttle, but > > it plowed like a plow in steady state cornering...I > > added a big front bar and the steady > > state understeer got a lot better. This was on a > > jetta running ~ 1.2 degrees negative > > camber & 1/16 toe out. IMHO, a big front bar + SRS > > suspension is the way to go. > > Josh is just nuts. ;) > > > > > > ===== > Josh Wyte > Momentum Motorsports > 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com
