question regarding adjustment of front sway bar Options

[rfuerst911sc]

This past weekend I installed a thru body H&H brand 19mm front sway bar in my 75 chassis I'm converting to a /6. I am running 911 Boge struts up front and Koni shocks in the rear with 140lb. springs. The sway bar has four adjustment holes, the instructions state to start with the softest ( farthest from pivot ). I installed it useing the 2nd hole from the end so the next firmness level. My car is still a long ways from being a driver but what can I expect with the bar at this setting? According to the install instructions the setting I have picked gives 742 lbs./in. of resistance/force. So you guys that know what you're doing explain to me when are you adjusting the bars and to what level do you go? I'm being told my combo should be a good street/AX setup. My bars on my 911 are not adjustable so this is new to me so talk to me like I'm a 10 year old (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[SirAndy]

According to the install instructions the setting I have picked gives 742 lbs./in. of resistance/force.

them numbers don't mean much. there are soooo many factors that play into this. have you cornerweighted the car? rideheight? LSD? sticky tires? wider track?
the list goes on and on.

basically, what you do is you get the car running, get the rideheight you want, corner balance it, get it aligned and then you take it out on a skidpad.

you use the swaybar to finetune the handling of the car. it's impossible to say how your car will handle until you actually go out and drive it.

start at the softest position (furthest towards the front of the car).

- if the car pushes (understeer) get heavier springs in the rear or add a rear sway bar
- if the car is tail-happy (oversteer) tighten the front bar (moving it towards the rear) until the car handles neutral

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) Andy