QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ Jul 24 2004, 03:10 PM)
I noticed in another car a few days ago that somebody installed a rear stock bar upside down with the links facing down and not up... guess how we installed this latest one ? I know they did it on accident.. I did it on purpose. Yes Eric, this is the exact reason why you see them mounted in the trunk with links going down. I personally know that the links dont care which direction they are facing as long as they are attached to the bar and the shock bolt. Doing it this way the links hang down but no lower than the heat exchangers.
Ideally you should set the car up with the springs and fine tune with the bars. Problem is: we can only buy springs in 25lb increments and it gets old changing the springs out. Soo.. with a rear bar I can dial in upwards of 50lbs before I have to make a spring change.
The new Porsche race cars come with very small F+R bars because they tune the suspension in with springs and 5lb helpers.
B
Also, there is a maximum spring rate (140) that you can install on your car if you want to stay in the improved category for autocrossing. Adding a rear sway bar essentially bumps your rear stiffness up 50lbs or so.
-Britain