Re: sway bars

[Kevin <aventari@cts.com>]

If anyone's looking for an H&H front bar, i've got one for sale! (That's to
one with the huge front stessbar and the swaybar that bolts to it right?)
Was used for Bilstien Cup racing or something?

At 08:42 PM 11/20/98 -0700, you wrote:
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>>From: "Anthony Pelletier" <apelle62@MAIL.CAPS.MAINE.EDU>
>>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Subject: sway bars
>>Date: Tue, Nov 10, 1998, 2:05 PM
>>
>
>>Hi everyone
>>
>>I have some handling questions for you all. 
>>I am debating what to run on my 16v.  I already have neuspeed springs 
>>I have boge struts (for now)  I plan on upgrading to the koni 
>>adjustables.  I am debating what sway bars to run.  
>>I know lots of people have the neuspeed or autotech bars.  how do ya 
>>like em????  also do you run the stock rear bar at the same time.
>>
>>also what about H & H specalties. 
>
>
>I've come to prefer H&H style bars over Neuspeed.  Neuspeed's bar will bind
>at some point - the axle and beam twist around different axis, and
>Neuspeed's bar is fixed to the shockbolt.  Autotech has gotten around this
>somewhat by incorporating a slider bushing at the shockbolt, which makes
>sense.  
>
>Question is, at what point does the bar bind with the beam, making it rigid?
> Is it within the normal operating range of the twist beam?  If not, well,
>it sorta does not matter.  I've never bothered to figure it out, but at
>_some_ point, the bar will bind.   They do seem to work ok, leading me to
>believe that the bar binds well outside "normal" twist ranges, but I don't
>know.
>
>H&H's rear bar will not limit twist.  Neither should Autotech's.  H&Hs
>design(Shine & BSI or OPM's are similar design) is clever, straightforward
>and seem to work well.  I particularly like H&Hs front bars - they
>incorporate a lower stressbar with the swaybar.  H&H advertises bar rates,
>an unusual and appreciated feature, but IMHO, they're a tad misleading.
>
>For rear bars, I'd look at Autotech or H&H.  I'm not too enthused with the
>Neuspeed design, personally.  Front bars, H&H, my Autotech with homemade
>brackets is good, hated the Neuspeed, and I'd buy H&H if I were to do it
>again.  
>
>WRT hollow bars, my front 22mm Neuspeed weighed 10lbs, the hollow Autotech
>is 7 - not a bad bar, but don't buy it on weight savings.
>
>I.Mannix
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>
> I have their pamphlet from water 
>>festl.  Their stuff looks nice.  anyone have any experience.  How 
>>about price.  
>>I will be running 15" rims with 195/50/15 pirelli p700z's for now 
>>anyway.  
>>autoX guru's chime in.  I intend to race it next year.  what works 
>>what doesn't 
>>
>>thanks 
>>Tony
>>
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