axl911

All,

I am about to take my sway bars out to have couple of holes drilled in it to stiffen up the sway bars.

Is it okay to drive the car w/o the bar assuming I tie up or remove all the end links?

I assume the car would roll quite a bit in corners, but don't think there will be a problem.

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anthony

Geoffrey

yes, fine as long as you accept that the handling will be different.

Mark in Baltimore

No issues. I sometimes disconnect all the bars when I run in the rain.

pcar964

Wow! Didn't realize it would still be trackable without sways...

ZombiePorsche44

As MIB stated, running a really soft rear sway or no rear sway bar can be a huge help in wet conditions and is also helpful on really tight auto-x tracks. It allows a lot of weight transfer to the outside rear wheel and better rear grip in those conditions.

I have never run with both disconnected (only the rear), but might give it a whirl in next wet race I do.

ZP44

Mark in Baltimore

In the rain, you want the car to be very soft, forgiving and progressive. Usually, though, I'm hoping for sunshine and betting that the track will dry out, meaning that the sways don't get touched. Sways/no sways, rain tires/slicks...it's all a gamble.

axl911

Thanks for the responses. Guess I am taking out my bars tonite.

Paddy

I had my front sway bar mount snap on me and I still made it through the weekend at the track. Albeit, turn is was very different

Hey Mark, do you have a hookup on hoosiers? I used to have a guy, but he went out of business...

Mark in Baltimore

Hi Pat,

I had the same thing happen at last year's Summit race. The oversteer was fun but kind of slow. Chris Cervelli suggested putting a washer on the end of the link that goes into the uprights. It's supposed to help prevent the mount from breaking.

I've gotten some good deals from Hoosier but they were for discontinued SO4's. I'd buy Hoosiers from Tire Rack and have them heat-cycled; Hoosier says that doing so is supposed to maximize tread wear and grip over the life of the tire but I have no data to support it.

For DE's and practice sessions, I just use MPSC's. They last such a long time and are not much slower than Hoosiers.