To sway or not to sway
02-16-2011, 09:49 PM
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To sway or not to sway
So, I'm going to do the GT3 LCA's to get more camber, and I'm wondering if I should go ahead and do sways while I've got the car in for suspension/alignment.
The goal with sway bars is to stiffen the rear, which should help it come around a bit and make the car more neutral. I'd probably go with the GT3 sways and Tarett drop links.
One thing I'm unsure about is I don't have LSD and conventional wisdom is that stiff rear + no LSD = bad. I don't really care if I lose a bit of lap time if the car feels better.
I'm also curious if stiff sways will make the ride much harsher.
I've also heard some people have done only the rear sway and left the front stock; I know some people love to say "sways are a system, do pairs" but I'm not sure there's a good reason to stiffen the front any more than stock.
So, thoughts on sways or no sways?
The goal with sway bars is to stiffen the rear, which should help it come around a bit and make the car more neutral. I'd probably go with the GT3 sways and Tarett drop links.
One thing I'm unsure about is I don't have LSD and conventional wisdom is that stiff rear + no LSD = bad. I don't really care if I lose a bit of lap time if the car feels better.
I'm also curious if stiff sways will make the ride much harsher.
I've also heard some people have done only the rear sway and left the front stock; I know some people love to say "sways are a system, do pairs" but I'm not sure there's a good reason to stiffen the front any more than stock.
So, thoughts on sways or no sways?
02-16-2011, 10:28 PM
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cbzzoom; your probably aware of these variables and the common corrections but check out this link just in case...
http://www.imgt3performance.com/User...on%20guide.pdf
With regard to your question i usually recommend changing both front and rear at the same time and keep them proportional to the factory numbers. That being said there are drivers who will change sways based on a number of variables. The most important variable being seat time (experience) with the car. So changing only the rear may be good for you. With regard to street ability of a lowered and stiffened suspension i always defer to my wife. I'm apparently not a good judge of what's road worthy. And because of that we recommend H&R sway bars. This keeps harsheness to a minimum while making significant handling improvements and a quality product. The link below will take you to more details on this product... Good luck and if i can be of any help let me know. Chuck
H&R Link: our site..
http://www.imgt3performance.com/prod...Id=170&F_All=Y
http://www.imgt3performance.com/User...on%20guide.pdf
With regard to your question i usually recommend changing both front and rear at the same time and keep them proportional to the factory numbers. That being said there are drivers who will change sways based on a number of variables. The most important variable being seat time (experience) with the car. So changing only the rear may be good for you. With regard to street ability of a lowered and stiffened suspension i always defer to my wife. I'm apparently not a good judge of what's road worthy. And because of that we recommend H&R sway bars. This keeps harsheness to a minimum while making significant handling improvements and a quality product. The link below will take you to more details on this product... Good luck and if i can be of any help let me know. Chuck
H&R Link: our site..
http://www.imgt3performance.com/prod...Id=170&F_All=Y
02-16-2011, 11:17 PM
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So, I'm going to do the GT3 LCA's to get more camber, and I'm wondering if I should go ahead and do sways while I've got the car in for suspension/alignment.
The goal with sway bars is to stiffen the rear, which should help it come around a bit and make the car more neutral. I'd probably go with the GT3 sways and Tarett drop links.
One thing I'm unsure about is I don't have LSD and conventional wisdom is that stiff rear + no LSD = bad. I don't really care if I lose a bit of lap time if the car feels better.
I'm also curious if stiff sways will make the ride much harsher.
I've also heard some people have done only the rear sway and left the front stock; I know some people love to say "sways are a system, do pairs" but I'm not sure there's a good reason to stiffen the front any more than stock.
So, thoughts on sways or no sways?
The goal with sway bars is to stiffen the rear, which should help it come around a bit and make the car more neutral. I'd probably go with the GT3 sways and Tarett drop links.
One thing I'm unsure about is I don't have LSD and conventional wisdom is that stiff rear + no LSD = bad. I don't really care if I lose a bit of lap time if the car feels better.
I'm also curious if stiff sways will make the ride much harsher.
I've also heard some people have done only the rear sway and left the front stock; I know some people love to say "sways are a system, do pairs" but I'm not sure there's a good reason to stiffen the front any more than stock.
So, thoughts on sways or no sways?