What I learned today: Mk1 - new sway bar

[jdbubb at ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

I suspect that the pickups probably had a pretty high rear spring rate due to their need for decent
load carrying capacity.
The high rear spring rate would give it a high rear roll stiffness and a front bar would be required
to balance the front/rear roll stiffness for balanced handling.
A GTI or Scirocco wouldn't have the abnormally high rear spring rate relative to the front rate so
would need both bars to maintain balance.
(unless you're a Shine racing devotee! and they get the balance with a relatively high front spring
rate and no front bar)
Dan

Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: Re: What I learned today: Mk1 - new sway bar


> Well,
>   Why is there a need for balance?  If the pickups had any swaybars, they only had one up front...
>
> I am not knocking your idea, but I would like to understand it better...
>
> David
> >
> > From: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
> > Date: 2004/12/03 Fri AM 10:54:12 EST
> > To: "Edward Effinger" <Eeffinger@conestogac.on.ca>,  <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Subject: Re: What I learned today:  Mk1 - new sway bar
> >
> > Did you also put a rear bar on it??
> > Need to keep the old handling balanced!
> > Dan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Edward Effinger" <Eeffinger@conestogac.on.ca>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:15 AM
> > Subject: What I learned today: Mk1 - new sway bar
> >
> >
> > Just wanted to share our latest upgrade to the '81S rocco.
> >
> > After lowering the car (1.5 links) we added a sway bar from
> > a 1984 GTI, nice and easy bolton except that I needed to drill
> > the mounting holes in the A arms.
> >
> > Of course now the car has to go back to the muffler shop as the
> > sway bar is about 1/4 away from the exhast header/flex joint.
> >
> > Ed
> >