sway bars

[yamahaSHO]

you have mini van parts on your car :laugh_ti:

Sadly, they're better than the granny parts they replaced

 

[jthod]

How is that exactly, I've never heard of using them?

does it have to be with gen 3 bars?

 

[yamahaSHO]

They're not plastic (aluminum shaft).

 

[ManySHOs]

I also experimented with a few front sway bars (the rear sway bar was swapped for a 26mm the first week I had it) on the 93 mtx. The 20.6/26 was a bit tail happy on the street. The 24/26 was prone to understeer. With the Quaife, my favorite combination was the 22/26 with konis and eibachs.

With the coilovers (500/350 spring rates), I'm running without a front sway bar and a 21mm rear bar. I am supposed to have a 23mm rsb in a box that I bought from someone on the forum awhile ago that I could always swap in. So far, I'm pretty happy with the 0/23 setup with my current springs. It feels pretty neutral. I have a gen3 SF to swap in; I'm not sure if this is going to change the mix or not.

Ian

 

[ManySHOs]

I miss my SHO.

Me too!

Ian

 

[chevrolet]

A 19 mm bar is found on early slo's some had a 4cyl. engine, this helps slide the rear out on turn in & center. If you have a quaife, turn out is as good as it gets providing the rear is stiff enough.

 

[chevrolet]

Unhook the bar and you are on.

 

[yamahaSHO]

You generally wait for a reply before responding to your own post.

 

[drivinhard]

20.6/26mm is a good autocross combo, too tail-happy for track use.

I agree with most all of your points, but found the 20.6/26 was the fastest for me, even on a high speed track like Road Atlanta. "Tail happy" is fast in a SHO, and as long as your right foot is planted, you can't spin one.

It takes awhile to get used to the front end to take a set (it'll travel more) on entry, but lots of neg camber, and once it takes a set, you can really be aggressive with the throttle. I kept tweaking on the 92 with this and camber, etc, and running some 600 lbs heavier, almost ran as fast as my old stripp'd 89 did (ever) at road atlanta in May '07. 1.47.xx full weight 92 with a 230 lb passenger.

I ran 22/26 for awhile, and it's good for the street.

Just my .02

 

[drivinhard]

My comments were based on stock/Eibach-ish spring rates, not coilovers. It's difficult to drive a car set up that way in traffic, and someone used to RWD and throttle-steerability will find it spooky.

Saw this after my last post.

If I had a dollar for every past instructor that crapped a brick when I had the tail out in the 89 or 92 @ 100+, I'd be driving a 430 Scuderia.

What's more spooky is getting used to that, and then switching to a near 50/50 split RWD car. 2+ yrs later, I am still learning to drive all over again. I laugh when folks say the C5 is the easiest car to drive hard, you can drive a SHO 11/10th's with a latte in 1 hand (and it's really fun).

 

[chevrolet]

Unhook the front bar if you are serious. Stiff rear, FxxxxxYu