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Thread: sway bars - if u have them, please recommend

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    My MTechs are not adjustable at all.

    Yep, getting rid of the 15's is a priority as soon as the budget allows.

    I think I'm running around those pressures....33rear 31front, I think...the main thing was that I didn't want to change the pressures right away so I could get a good feel for the difference the swaybars made on their own. Once it warms up a bit, I'll play around with pressures again. It's pretty rare this time of year to get a clean bit of road to enjoy driving on anyway.

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    my standard mtech stays pretty flat through the turns,i wouldnt say it understeers at all,the turn in is not always super sharp tho
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    I have the RDs. Very happy with them except having to replace the rear links at 25K miles...$100. I haven't heard of anyone else having to do this so maybe this was an isolated occurence.

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    Default 120 MPH or 120 PSI?

    Quote Originally Posted by bahnstormer
    i played with the tire pressures and my car is fairly neutral, up until
    120+ and then it'll understeer
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    Default The RD rear links do seem to demand grease every couple months.

    I've made the greaseing of the rear links part of the usual under-car chores. They get noisy, with all the rain here.

    Quote Originally Posted by Alan_525i
    I have the RDs. Very happy with them except having to replace the rear links at 25K miles...$100. I haven't heard of anyone else having to do this so maybe this was an isolated occurence.
    erased due to slander

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    I've got a pair of Dinan bars - though being lowered and running hilariously wide rubber as it is, they don't add much to the handling. What I really needed them for was the ability to tune out some of the understeer I was experiencing; and they did an excellent job of that. The Dinan bars are 25mm in the front and 19mm in the rear.

    Plus I get to say I have Dinan sway bars.

    For kicks; short video of me driving like a wuss at an autocross a while back: http://home.comcast.net/~rjchristie2...mobiusgood.wmv - Look ma, body roll?
    Last edited by Mobius; 02-10-2005 at 03:51 AM.

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    Those are some huge shoes. 19in mobius?

    How would changing the ration between front and rear affect understeer? Like, if you were to increase the rear withougt increasing the front- would cause more or less understeer. etc.

    I think I am settled on 27mm front and 20mm rears, but I am curious on how the ratios change the amount of understeer. etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by liquidtiger720
    Those are some huge shoes. 19in mobius?

    How would changing the ration between front and rear affect understeer? Like, if you were to increase the rear withougt increasing the front- would cause more or less understeer. etc.
    18"

    Stiffen the front (either with a bigger bar, or by moving the end links IN) or soften the rear to increase understeer (decrease oversteer).

    Soften the front (either with a smaller bar, or by moving the end links OUT) or stiffen the rear to increase oversteer (decrease understeer).

    http://rogerkrausracing.com/overundr.html

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    Since RD in the USA is right down the street from me and across the street from my indy - I bought from RD America. - JT
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    nice vid mobius, very clean lines, no tire squeal (squeel?)
    but i think that u may not have enough suspension travel
    it looks like u're more for show anyway, with the 18's and
    such =] glad to see u're having fun though! =]

    ya i emailed bav auto

    Martin,
    We can special order that kit for you for $699.95. It would take 8 to 12 weeks to get.

    Or you could get the Racing Dynamics kit that we have in stock.


    Racing Dynamics Swaybar Kit - 27mm Front 19mm Rear - Adjustable
    Upgrade your confidence in fast cornering. A Racing Dynamics front and rear sway bar kit ... more info...
    Part # : 196 81 34 010 $ 449.95

    Patrick Dowling
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    275 Constitution Avenue
    Portsmouth NH 03801
    800.535.2002
    603.427.2002
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    http://www.bavauto.com
    that first price is in reagard to the g power kit, 27 front 20 rear....
    i don't think i can swing the cost nor the wait time....

    what is the latest word about bruno making a rear 22 bar?

    any one else hear something liek that?

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