I have a BSI rear bar waiting to go on. It's an "in the beam" design like the shine bar, but you can swap out the center section for bigger or smaller bars, as well as adjust the length of the lever arm to change the rate of the bar. It's bitchin.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Pelletier" <[email protected]> To: "John Caldwell" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [A2-16v] handling questions and answers > put on a shine rear bar then try that again : ) > > > --- John Caldwell <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is the rest of your setup, and under what > > circumstances can you get the > > tail to come out? E-brake? I've driven my cars with > > the following setups: > > > > GTI, stock bars: > > eibach springs, tokico shocks: > > - crappy michelin mxv4's > > - dunlop sp8000 > > - pirelli p7000 > > > > bilstein coilovers, 400/300: > > - pirelli p7000 > > - some shitty kelly tires > > - kumho v700 > > - toyo ra-1 > > > > bilstein colovers, 500/300: > > - pirelli p7000 > > - toyo ra-1 > > > > > > Jetta, stock bars: > > Stock: > > - crappy kelly tires > > - dunlop sport a2 > > > > Ground control 300/200 w/bilsteins: > > - dunlop sport a2 > > - toyo ra-1 > > - falken azenis > > > > > > GTI is corner-balanced, 2.5 deg. of negative camber > > in the front, zero toe, > > and solid rear axle bushings. Jetta is at 1.5 deg. > > negative, zero toe. Both > > cars have the control arms at or just barely past > > parallel (i know), and > > they sit level. > > > > and under no circumstances in any of those setups > > would I say that I've been > > able to "easily" get the tail to come out. It > > either involves going in way > > hot and letting off the gas, left foot braking, or > > pulling the e-brake. > > > > What sort of tires are you running? Are your rears > > bald? :) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:36 AM > > Subject: [A2-16v] handling questions and answers > > > > > > > Let's remember that Golfs and Jettas have > > different weight distributions. > > > Let's remember that most of us are running > > different tires. Let's also > > > remember that we're all running slightly different > > suspension setups. > > > > > > All these things affect the handling, and > > therefore different > > > bars/shocks/camber settings, etc will give > > different results to different > > > people. > > > > > > For example, I run stock swaybars, and I can get > > the tail out on my car > > > pretty easily. Others can't. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com > >
