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> My new teener has a lot of over steer, Think I will start by adjusting the front swaybar
RoadGlue
post Jul 17 2006, 01:31 PM
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So my new '74 and I are getting to know each other now that I've fixed the brakes. We went out for a spirited west Sonoma County run yesterday, and I found that the rear is too happy to come out with throttle lift and throttle input.

Unfortunately I don't have all the suspension numbers, as it was three owners ago that the car was setup for auto-x'ing. Little information was been passed down from one owner to the next.

What I do know is that the car is stiff, much stiffer than stock. I pulled the rear springs and shocks and replaced them with yellow adjustable Konis and 185# springs. I can't tell any difference in the spring rate, so I think they too were in the 180# range. Either way, there was over steer before I made the swap.

The fron tend is also beefy, though I don't know the size of the torsion bars or of the swaybar. Certainly a lot heavier/bigger than stock. The swaybar is adjustable, and I've included a photo of how it's currently configured. To "loosen" the bar up, I'd need to put the drop-links on the furthest part of the lever-arm, right?

Also, does the angle of the lever-arm look like it's aiming too high? Should the drop-links be shorter to make the arm more parallel to the ground? I have a fully adjustable bark with a adjustable drop-links that I should probably just install, but doing so is rather low on my list of things that need to be done to the car.


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RoadGlue   My new teener has a lot of over steer   Jul 17 2006, 01:31 PM
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RoadGlue   Ah, not sure why I thought I should loosen the bar...   Jul 17 2006, 01:49 PM
Brad Roberts   Those are 911 drop links and not 914 drop links. T...   Jul 17 2006, 01:57 PM
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