[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by insite

it really depends on your personal tastes. most people would find the GT3 bar too stiff for comfort, even at its softest setting. with the GT3 bar full soft and the H&R bar in back also on full soft, the car really handles quite well. it's only over severely damaged pavement that it gets annoying.

on GT3 bar settings stiffer than position 2, the M030 struts can't properly damp the higher spring constant of the GT3 bar, so porpoising is a problem.

on the race track, i tend to run the GT3 bar full soft and the rear H&R bar full stiff. the handling is RAZOR sharp like this with no understeer at all. i run tire widths of 225 / 265. i think this works great with my setup. you can get REALLY aggressive with the car like this as it's tough to provoke understeer. you can really whip the tail around; it's quite a lot of fun.

i have run several different settings on street & track; for me, the GT3 bar stays full soft at all times. i move leave the H&R full soft for street, full stiff for track.

i did mention that for an S, the H&R bar may be too stiff in back. the added power of the S will cause the inside rear tire to spin under hard acceleration out of corners. this can be corrected with a limited slip differential or by using a softer rear sway bar (M030 base bar is great).

if you take your car to the track or are a real performance enthusiast who doesn't mind sacrificing some comfort, the GT3 bar is a great upgrade. if you favor a reasonable blend of performance with comfort, the M030 setup you mentioned (M030 S front, M030 base rear) is impossible to beat.

Did you ever try the H&R front bar?