Custom front sway bar???, Coleman racing |
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Custom front sway bar???, Coleman racing |
Andyrew |
Dec 10 2005, 10:25 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
I really wouldnt mind putting a bigger front sway bar on my car, but since im plowing from understeer around town, im not really worrying about it..
BUT I am not rather liking the 350 or 500 I'd have to spend to get a good bar on my car. I currently have a stock bar up front, and 22mm T bars (ya, thats my kicker up front...) I was thinking that one of these coleman bars would work.. (IMG:http://www.colemanracing.com/catalog/images/pn658.jpg) They have the bar thickness from 3/4in to 1 1/2 in... Bar is 37.5 in long... Could it work? I know there will be fabrication involved (im cool with that.. only means more fun..) http://www.colemanracing.com/catalog/index...&sort=2a&page=1 Also, they have Just the bars at different lengths. But only at 1 1/4 thickness. Lengths from 32" to 43" and .125, .188, and .25 wall (whatever that means) Bars by themselves for 110 bucks. Any thoughts?? |
Andyrew |
Dec 13 2005, 12:33 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
Trailing arm braking, and engine braking generally do it really well. (the v8 really drags hard at 5k..) But it gets really squirmy because the tires just dont grip to well.. Therefore my point is that its taking a lot of driving to get the car around the course.. In an autox I should be focusing on my line and not how I can get the damn car to turn for each corner...
I agree, more rear force or less force is needed. But I could also use less bar... (which, in my opinion is where an adjustable bar can come into play.. I could build a bar that could adjust for Less than stock, at the min level, and up to be simular to stock. I want to run a rear bar.. I have it with new bushings. Brad told me its roughly equivilant to 40lbs of spring rate, so Im going to assume its true. Running a rear bar, and 180s will net me 220. That in itself might not be enough so Im thinking of matching that with 225lb springs. Im currently making a spreadsheet to figure out the spring rate equilvilent to the factory front bar with a 5.5 in stock arm. Assuming that the factory bar is 15mm, or.6in. And giving myself a baseline that it should be between 50 and 100 lbs. I'll report back in a bit with my findings... Andrew |