Rear Sway Bar Affects Options

[SLKWrx]

Can anyone give me a good account of what would happen if I removed the rear sway bar in an AutoX setting? I'm currently running stock F&R sways, stock torsion bars, bilsteins all around and I believe 180# springs.

I know the best way to find out is to try it, but I get out to so few AutoXs, I don't want to waste one of my outings with a setting that ruins the day. Looking for your experiences with and without

Thanks!

[ChrisFoley]

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Steve,
A major factor in determining if a rear sway bar is suitable in a 914 used for autocross is ncreased ET caused by traction loss on corner exit.
In other words, if you can't accelerate out of a corner because the inside rear wheel spins easily, you should not be using a rear anti-sway bar.
You may even want to change to a stiffer front bar.
On a race track a rear bar makes a little more sense. The car is actually better balanced with both front and rear bars at higher speeds.
That is until you have enough power to overcome rear traction coming out of a corner,and spin a rear tire.
Losing traction has two negative effects: loss of acceleration and excess oversteer.
Loose is fast - as long as you can control it.