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> Rear sway bars - Good or Bad ?
pistonboy
post Sep 20 2022, 08:31 PM
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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.
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pistonboy   Rear sway bars - Good or Bad ?   Sep 20 2022, 08:31 PM
Robarabian   My 72 has front and rear and without the rear, it ...   Sep 20 2022, 08:35 PM
914_7T3   Front & Rear Factory Sway Bars with Koni Sport...   Sep 20 2022, 09:32 PM
914werke   Good.   Sep 20 2022, 10:15 PM
Cairo94507   :popcorn: :beer2:   Sep 21 2022, 07:44 AM
ClayPerrine   Lots of folks on here say to remove the rear bar. ...   Sep 21 2022, 07:47 AM
Superhawk996   Lots of folks on here say to remove the rear bar....   Sep 21 2022, 08:06 AM
wonkipop   Lots of folks on here say to remove the rear bar....   Sep 21 2022, 03:09 PM
mepstein   Suspension all has to work together. Many people s...   Sep 21 2022, 08:09 AM
Superhawk996   RE: Rear sway bars - Good or Bad ?   Sep 21 2022, 08:25 AM
Cairo94507   My car has '73-'74 front & rear (stock...   Sep 21 2022, 08:31 AM
NARP74   Some racers might chime in here. I have had the r...   Sep 21 2022, 08:40 AM
SirAndy   Some racers might chime in here. I have had the ...   Sep 21 2022, 12:24 PM
dr914@autoatlanta.com   great to make the four cylinder turn better, 15 fr...   Sep 21 2022, 08:57 AM
Geezer914   Front sway bar, but no rear sway bar, Installed 14...   Sep 21 2022, 09:48 AM
ClayPerrine   Front sway bar, but no rear sway bar, Installed 1...   Sep 21 2022, 12:03 PM
Superhawk996   Front sway bar, but no rear sway bar, Installed ...   Sep 21 2022, 12:24 PM
ClayPerrine   Using spring rate only for roll control is counte...   Sep 21 2022, 12:26 PM
Shivers   Front 19mm and 17mm rear sway bars. 19mm front tor...   Sep 21 2022, 10:44 AM
arbitrary   Does anyone still sell rear bars?   Sep 21 2022, 02:43 PM
lesorubcheek   Does anyone still sell rear bars? Thank you :)....   Sep 21 2022, 04:30 PM
rhodyguy   I think if you post a WTB you will get offers. Get...   Sep 21 2022, 04:35 PM
slowrodent   Rebel Racing Products shows a rear bar for sale......   Sep 21 2022, 05:43 PM
lesorubcheek   Rebel Racing Products shows a rear bar for sale.....   Sep 21 2022, 06:22 PM
campbellcj   I've always run a rear bar on mine as well - m...   Sep 21 2022, 06:08 PM
bkrantz   FWIW when I set up my 914 for SCCA and PCA racing,...   Sep 21 2022, 07:45 PM
914_teener   Not a black or white question. Setting a suspensi...   Sep 21 2022, 10:46 PM
Dave_Darling   In addition to the possibility of rear wheel lift ...   Sep 22 2022, 02:59 AM
wonkipop   In addition to the possibility of rear wheel lift...   Sep 22 2022, 03:49 AM
MCShack   I've owned at least six 914/4s all with differ...   Sep 23 2022, 11:48 AM
Ansbacher   I drove around for about two weeks recently withou...   Sep 23 2022, 01:41 PM
pistonboy   A big thank you to everyone. I have decided to ad...   Sep 23 2022, 01:58 PM
Cairo94507   I think that is a good call. Besides, once instal...   Sep 24 2022, 06:01 AM
Geezer914   I am running 140lb. rear springs with a 19mm front...   Sep 24 2022, 08:19 AM
Superhawk996   I am running 140lb. rear springs with a 19mm fron...   Sep 24 2022, 11:18 AM
Geezer914   Superhawk, sorry I posted, didn't mean to piss...   Sep 24 2022, 02:10 PM
Superhawk996   Superhawk, sorry I posted, didn't mean to pis...   Sep 24 2022, 05:10 PM
Ansbacher   [/quote] Not pissed off at all - just trying to he...   Sep 25 2022, 11:19 AM
Superhawk996   It was all guesswork for Thomas Edison when he w...   Sep 25 2022, 11:44 AM
Brian Fuerbach   This topic could not be more timely. This week I p...   Sep 24 2022, 05:14 PM
Geezer914   Exactly, you didn't know how the rear sway bar...   Sep 24 2022, 06:24 PM
Brian Fuerbach   Exactly, you didn't know how the rear sway ba...   Sep 24 2022, 10:26 PM
Superhawk996   @Brian Fuerbach Thanks for the kind words. I re...   Sep 24 2022, 10:47 PM
Jett   @“Brian Fuerbach” Thanks for the kind words....   Sep 25 2022, 11:11 AM
sixaddict   Hate to date myself but 100 years ago Tom Green of...   Sep 25 2022, 07:06 PM
Brian Fuerbach   Bar is in! Bushing on the drop link were hard ...   Sep 25 2022, 07:48 PM
ConeDodger   Mine has both. But with my elephant bushing suspen...   Sep 25 2022, 10:27 PM
Geezer914   In the movie Rush, Nike Lauda tears apart the whol...   Sep 26 2022, 05:27 AM
VaccaRabite   Back when I first built my car in the dark ages, t...   Sep 26 2022, 05:41 AM
Brian Fuerbach   Last night was the first drive with the stock rear...   Sep 26 2022, 07:36 PM
Superhawk996   Just going to drive it for awhile before making a...   Sep 26 2022, 07:47 PM
roundtwo   Last night was the first drive with the stock rea...   Oct 9 2022, 08:32 PM
Steve   Funny, but I do not see any discussion around engi...   Sep 27 2022, 10:59 AM
ClayPerrine   Funny, but I do not see any discussion around eng...   Sep 27 2022, 11:19 AM
Superhawk996   :Qarl: Clay & Steve significant modification...   Sep 27 2022, 11:39 AM
Geezer914   140# rear springs i 19mm front sway bar just added...   Oct 9 2022, 01:58 PM
stownsen914   Years ago I had a stock '74 2.0 with 16mm fron...   Oct 9 2022, 06:34 PM
yeahmag   Now put some Hoosier A7's on and start at doub...   Oct 11 2022, 01:56 PM
MCShack   Having owned only a few of these funtastic cars (8...   Oct 11 2022, 04:20 PM


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