M030 rear sway installed, recommended
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Bellevue, WA; '18 Macan S, '10 997S, SPASM, 6spd
M030 rear sway installed, recommended
I've had a full ROWM030 kit sitting in my garage waiting for me to install it for a few months now. Last night I got a wild hair to start on the sways.
Since my biggest beef w/the stock non-sport handling is the understeer, I started w/the larger (+25% stiffness) rear sway. This is a 15-20min job, and makes a big difference in the way the car handles. The car actually feels like it's using the rear tires now. I'll push it harder this weekend, but there seem to be no downsides to this simple mod.
I'll probably install the front sway (+8%) this weekend to round out the M030 sway package. Unfortunately this is going to bias the handling slightly back towards understeer (or hopefully still very neutral), but I think I should probably use the F&R as a package.
Net: for those of you wanting to preserve stock ride quality/height while balancing the handling of the car, I'd recommend this very simple and relatively cheap factory upgrade.
Since my biggest beef w/the stock non-sport handling is the understeer, I started w/the larger (+25% stiffness) rear sway. This is a 15-20min job, and makes a big difference in the way the car handles. The car actually feels like it's using the rear tires now. I'll push it harder this weekend, but there seem to be no downsides to this simple mod.
I'll probably install the front sway (+8%) this weekend to round out the M030 sway package. Unfortunately this is going to bias the handling slightly back towards understeer (or hopefully still very neutral), but I think I should probably use the F&R as a package.
Net: for those of you wanting to preserve stock ride quality/height while balancing the handling of the car, I'd recommend this very simple and relatively cheap factory upgrade.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 750
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From: Bellevue, WA; '18 Macan S, '10 997S, SPASM, 6spd
Originally posted by NickS
Why add the front bar? All you're going to do is put back the understeer you just got rid of.
Why add the front bar? All you're going to do is put back the understeer you just got rid of.
It drives great now, though.