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Old 03-07-2007, 04:52 AM   #11
John V
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peer
John V wrote:
> In general, moving to a thicker front sway bar will increase
> understeer, not decrease it. Remember that stiffening a sway
> bar will generally give you LESS grip at that end of the car.

If you mean by saying that "the end of the car" is the same as the REAR of the car, then this is a contradiction.

-- peer

No contradition. A thicker sway bar installed at one end of the car gives you less grip at that end. i.e. a thicker front bar gives you less grip at the front end. A thicker rear bar gives you less grip at the rear end. My initial point was made because the OP seemed concerned that installing a thicker front anti-roll bar would cause his car to oversteer (or rather, decrease understeer). This is not a valid concern. It won't happen.

It is much more complicated than that dynamically, but in the simplest of terms this is true.

Last edited by John V; 03-07-2007 at 04:54 AM.
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