07-08-2014, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Zauskycop
Okay...I have to say...
A thicker front swaybar will NOT help with understeer. It won't. The camber may, but the swaybar will not. It confuses me when people say this...
Tracy Ramsey
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It can sometimes, counter-intuitively. I won't argue the point with you, since it's a ridiculously complicated topic and I'm not a suspension engineer (I don't even play one on TV!), and it's not like I've gone and attempted adding removing every possible combination of settings and stock/aftermarket suspension bits either  But there are all kinds of complicated interactions going on even with a simple item like a swaybar.
In the net, I do think a stiffer front bar + adding both caster and camber in the front (I'm at approx -2.5 and 6 now on the SPL camber arms) is the magic ticket on this car for trackday stuff (assuming reasonably-upgraded coilovers and grippy tires), and I don't get any understeer issues to speak of (nor, for that matter, do I get out-of-control twitchy oversteer - I get a nice neutral feeling that's easy to push into controlled oversteer). I think the stiff front bar is part of the equation.
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