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front swway bar re-re-revisited



To reiterate this point, a sway bar will not stiffen a chassis.  They are
typically attached to the control arms/trailing arms with ball joints
specifically for allow side to side movement to prevent binding, while still
resisting vertical deflection.

Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonas K." <jkarlsso@metabolex.com>
To: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: front swway bar re-re-revisited


> I don't want to take sides (I _am_ Swedish after all) I'll just say that a
> some people say they go faster in the turns with a bar, and some say they
go
> faster without. I'd feel safe stating that it would be dependent on the
> spring rates as well (i.e. You may need really stiff front springs to see
a
> benefit fron not using a front bar)
>
> What I really wanted to comment on is that a sway bar will NOT strengthen
or
> reinforce the chassis in any way. In fact you will be adding to the stress
> on the chassis, but not necessarily in a way that is already stressed. So
it
> may-or-may-not be bad for the chassis. The mounting points on the chassis
> are used to ancor the sway bar, so as the car leans in a turn, there will
be
> some additional flex due to the sway bar.
>
> The only things that reinforce are stressbars and rollcages. AFAIK
>
> Jonas
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2/12/02 2:52 PM, "Josh Able" <mkii@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Ok....
> >
> > 1- does a big front sway bar aid/hamper handling?
> >
> > 2- does/does not strengthen chassis?
> >
> > 3- is a good/bad idea
> >
> >
> > I was always mixed on the handling aspect, in some ways it seemed
better,
> > but in others it didn't...
> >
> > I was just talking to Dick Shine and he says that using a bigger than
stock
> > sway bar for a scirocco actually is bad for the chassis.....which
totally
> > fucks my view that it was a good way to re-enforce the chassis...
> >
> > soooo...ideas?
> >
> > Josh Able
> >
> >
> >
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