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Old 09-28-2009, 02:43 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kannibul View Post
Just for curiousity sake, why?

If I'm after minimizing body roll, then wouldn't it make sense to adjust the sways first?

I understand if you're going after under/over-steer, then you gotta make sure your traction is in place (alignment), otherwise, you're just making more work for yourself...

Just looking for a bit of clarification

You dont "adjust the sways" to reduce the body roll. You can reduce a bit of roll with the sways yes, but you adjust them in order to change the os/us bias. If all you want is to reduce body roll, then get springs, they will do more for your body roll than sways will.

If you have the time, necessity and cash to do it, sways are supposed to be used in conjunction with the alignment. Best case scenario you test different settings of the two and how they work together. Get the bars on there on medium settings, adjust alignment until you get the desired effect and then adjust the sways in case you need to change the bias. For example you normal setup for the dry may be too tail happy for the wet so you would do a quick swaybar adjustment to reduce oversteer.

I don't presume to know what you need or don't need, but you did ask. So does that answer your question? Seems like you are getting a little ahead of yourself by wanting adjustable swaybars. I don't even think I need adjustable front bars and I go to the track often.

The reality is that I don't have a race car and I don't need to make adjustments like those. I would like to get sways because they will work great with the rest of the stuff I have and because I have a setup right now that I like, but foresee to be a little tricky in the rain. After I get sways, chances are I will have to get an alignment to get the desired effect. Which I can do because I have aftermarket alignment adjustability.

Your car, your opinion. I am not necessarily right or wrong, but I think you have bigger fish to fry. Not to say though that they won't be a nice upgrade, they do reduce some lean and help with crisper turn-in.

I am trying to help believe it or not.
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