shobote
SHO Member
What track did you run; i.e, is this a high speed venue or tighter course where you only shift up to 3rd ? I also have a 20.6 to put on if it will work well for high speed track runs (RA).
Front Sway Bar Combo
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bubba
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It’s really for any track. If your car is loose and the end starts to come around, the answer for FWD is to add power to transfer weight to the rear; this usually results in being faster in the corner since you are on the gas earlier. Loose = Fast. I was running on the New Jersey Motorsports Park course both Thunderbolt and Lightning. The corners where it helped the most (ie. the ones that were most frustrating) were the tight ones (Thunderbolt.) The track that I was already comfortable with, running the 22 bar, I drove faster with the 20.6.
I guess I need to clarify something because I think people have the wrong idea about this setup. The setup is not going to make your car swap ends around every corner or make your car un-drivable. The car is really more neutral handling than prone to oversteer with the 20.6 bar. It’s just after driving a car for years that pushes constantly; having the back follow the front feels loose. The times you have to be careful are if you do a full lift or jab the brakes unexpectedly in a corner where you’re carrying some speed, it's at these times that the end will be more likely to come around.
The general public is use to having a car understeer, since car manufacturers consider it safer. If Joe Public borrows your car, goes full tilt on an on ramp with a blind corner, and there’s a slow moving car around that corner things might get hairy. Its hard to get a car with the 24/26 to swap ends or step out in a corner, but a hard enough jab on the brakes mid corner will do it. Driving a loose or neutral car is not much different than learning to drive a RWD car in the wet/snow, you have to be careful or the rear end is going to swap.
24 or 22 will keep you safer while learning to drive on a track, but if you want to go faster and get the most out of the car the 20.6 is it. If I could find a 18/19 front or 28 rear I would install it in a second.
I guess I need to clarify something because I think people have the wrong idea about this setup. The setup is not going to make your car swap ends around every corner or make your car un-drivable. The car is really more neutral handling than prone to oversteer with the 20.6 bar. It’s just after driving a car for years that pushes constantly; having the back follow the front feels loose. The times you have to be careful are if you do a full lift or jab the brakes unexpectedly in a corner where you’re carrying some speed, it's at these times that the end will be more likely to come around.
The general public is use to having a car understeer, since car manufacturers consider it safer. If Joe Public borrows your car, goes full tilt on an on ramp with a blind corner, and there’s a slow moving car around that corner things might get hairy. Its hard to get a car with the 24/26 to swap ends or step out in a corner, but a hard enough jab on the brakes mid corner will do it. Driving a loose or neutral car is not much different than learning to drive a RWD car in the wet/snow, you have to be careful or the rear end is going to swap.
24 or 22 will keep you safer while learning to drive on a track, but if you want to go faster and get the most out of the car the 20.6 is it. If I could find a 18/19 front or 28 rear I would install it in a second.
St Louis SHO
Rollin' coal
I have one of those 28's on my 91. It makes the thing really unhappy on the street. I've tossed the idea of taking it off latley as well.
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