Reply With QuoteI have no rear sway bar in my jzx90. Skidded it many times and had no idea until it was up on a hoist lol. Im keen on getting one though.
What I have gathered from talking to a few knowledgable people....
It doesnt really matter how stiff each swaybar is, the difference between the front and rear is what will change the most handling characteristics.
eg. no swaybars at all would be comparable to having both stiff ones. Of course the amount of bodyroll and alot of other areas will be different, but the overall handling characterstics and reaction of the car would be comparable between the two setups.
It has alot to do with driving style and what the car is setup for.
I know of a car which we ended up completely removing the rear swaybar, and putting the front on full soft. This was in an a9x torana, so it had no nifty suspension design like modern cars, just coilovers and some adjustable arms....
I have no rear sway bar in my jzx90. Skidded it many times and had no idea until it was up on a hoist lol. Im keen on getting one though.
Took my rear swaybar off today, Gets the ass out heaps easy just doing slalom movements, Once it steps out its hard to just straighten up again it just wants to keep swaying from side to side. Would be good for tight stuff like archy as it would be easy to throw in but I prefer my rear swaybar and no front swaybar combo for faster stuff like winton as its abit more stable and predictable
so you don't run a front bar at all jakey?
does the front roll around much?
im thinking of removing my front bar and not sure how much clearence my front will need.
No front bar at all! My car had a huge front bar which made it understeer, removed it now its quite predictable. The front doesnt roll much because it loads up the rear bar pretty quickly
On a FWD car if you want to make it corner will you remove the front sway bar and run the stock rear bar. If you have some coin a 25mm front and 28mm rear is an awsome set up for GRIP.
My understanding is on a RWD car large front bar and smaller rear bar with give you GRIP. So wouldnt you want to remove the rear sway bar????
No because a rear swaybar alloys the diff to stay more paralell with the body transfering the force to the outside tyre making it break traction.
Try this. But only when you have the basic set-up dialled, and can drive it. Like Robo mentioned on prev page
Forget everything you know about conventional racing. I won't even try to explain....
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