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. |
sixaddict |
Sep 25 2022, 07:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 805 Joined: 22-January 09 From: Panama City Beach, FL Member No.: 9,961 Region Association: South East States |
Hate to date myself but 100 years ago Tom Green of Automotion did a huge amount of research and testing. It was mainly for autocrossing but he even produced a book/manual detailing the specs….it was stage 1-2-3 interns of set up.
His Stage 3 was 21mm front bar 180lb rear springs no bar. Then add 21 mm T bars. All the hottest cars in the Bay Area used that basic set up…….except one guy who ran a rear bar and CArrerra coil over shocks… very quick. For the track I am still a no rear bar……but with today Hoosiers rear springs went to 400 to keep front tires planted,.. Just my 2 cents |
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