Sway Bar Diameters

wstar

Just to repeat a little of what's been discussed in various other swaybar threads, the general consensus seems for track use seems to be that (assuming your tire/suspension/alignment setup is both aggressive and sanely configured/balanced) you want a very stiff front bar and a pretty weak rear. My own experiences seem to back this up running the Hotchkis setup. Since the front on those isn't adjustable, I adjust the bias with the 3-way in the rear.

When I had good coilovers and a bit of drop, but no front upper control arms to kick out the front camber to a reasonable level, I was losing front grip (burning up just the outside half of the tire) and found I had to set the Hotchkis rear to its stiffest just to break the rear tires easier and prevent understeer at the limit. Once I fixed my front camber, the car felt best with the rear set back at the softest setting, and feels like it would be even better if I could make it even softer. In the wet, I absolutely have to have the Hotchkis rear at the softest setting or the rear end goes nuts on corner exits (for now, I should probably consider just disconnecting the endlinks on wet days).

From the easy commercial options listed, my thinking now is Hotchkis in front and Whiteline in the rear would be a good bet. I may swap my rear out over the winter and try that.

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