Rear sway bars - Good or Bad ? |
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Rear sway bars - Good or Bad ? |
pistonboy |
Sep 20 2022, 08:31 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 26-October 15 From: California Member No.: 19,305 Region Association: None |
A friend has told me, rear sway bars are suppose to be bad and many people remove them. He says he has heard this from others.
Are rear sway bars good or bad? One of my 914s has the front factory sway bar but no rear sway bar. I have purchased front and rear aftermarket sway bars for one of my vehicles which currently has none, though I have not added them yet. I have also purchased a rear aftermarket sway bar to put on the one that has only the front factory sway bar. Since 914s were designed by Porsche, I find it hard to believe they made a mistake on suspension and handling. These are the things Porsche is famous for. Does anyone have experience with and without rear sway bars and knows. Thank you. |
Geezer914 |
Sep 24 2022, 06:24 PM
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Geezer914 Group: Members Posts: 1,449 Joined: 18-March 09 From: Salem, NJ Member No.: 10,179 Region Association: North East States |
Exactly, you didn't know how the rear sway bar would work until you installed it. You can read all the books you engineers can publish, but until I try the torsion bars on MY car with MY set up, I will not know it is going to work. It may make an improvement, it may not, but I have to install them to find out. No book is going to give me that information until I sit in the driver's seat!
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Brian Fuerbach |
Sep 24 2022, 10:26 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 1-July 19 From: Orange, Ca Member No.: 23,266 Region Association: Southern California |
Exactly, you didn't know how the rear sway bar would work until you installed it. You can read all the books you engineers can publish, but until I try the torsion bars on MY car with MY set up, I will not know it is going to work. It may make an improvement, it may not, but I have to install them to find out. No book is going to give me that information until I sit in the driver's seat! I have to agree but need to say that @Superhawk996 helped me sort out some issues I was experiencing awhile back and he knows what to do. Understeer or over steer is a balance, and some like the feel of more or less. I have a slight understeer in certain conditions that I feel can be balanced out with the addition of the rear bar and the adjustability of my front bar. I would not trade the ride quality I have now by adding stiffer springs on either end. Cant wait to get the rear bar in action. Should be railing corners on Sunday. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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