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got shocks?



Tom,
  A bigger rear sway bar will not fix the inside/rear wheel lift.
It will exacerbate it.

Larry
sandiego16v



> Hi Al,
>
> Thanks for the response. So, a bigger beefier rear sway bar might make
> my car look less scarier on the course? And maybe get a few more tens
> off my times too? Heck, that's would be cheaper than new Koni's. Has
> anyone tried the rear sway bars from BSI racing or Shine racing?
>
> The spectators will be disappointed if I fix the rear wheel lift thing,
> seems they think it's neat.
>
> Thanks again,
> Tom C
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 17:25, Allyn wrote:
> > Tom,
> > keep in mind that struts/shocks will not change steady state cornering
roll.
> > the only way to correct that is with stiffer roll bushings (poly),
stiffer
> > roll bars, and higher spring rates.
> > hth
> > Al
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "tomc" <tomc@satx.rr.com>
> > To: "Scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 9:55 AM
> > Subject: got shocks?
> >
> >
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I did my July autoX yesterday and one of the members took some action
> > > shots of my car. I posted the best one on my index page called got
> > > shocks. The rest are in the photo album under autoX. It looks a lot
> > > scarier than it felt. I guess I need to save up for some Koni's now.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately the photo album I use does not work well with Netscape
> > > stuff, so Mozilla and Firefox won't view the autoX pictures. I'm
looking
> > > for a new/better and free photo album.
> > >
> > > TomC
> > > '79 "The Project" Scirocco
> > > http://www.tom-c.com
> > >
> > >
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