Custom sway bars

[Arizona Vipers]

Where did you get them? Are they going to add weight? You really need adjustable ones!!!

[ayousef]

Where did you get them? Are they going to add weight? You really need adjustable ones!!!

The new bars are 1.5mm larger than the stock ones, they are also solid bars. Im still not sure if or how much weight they will add but I will weigh them, should be marginal at best. I didnt make them adjustable because I dont know if all the holes will clear the chassis, I could easily add holes to the bars however. I would look into adding holes to the front bars, I would like to get a smaller increase in stiffness in the front and a larger increase in the rear. I will post my findings soon.

[stradman]

So, the custom bars are ready and have been shipped.

Front bar came in 27% stiffer than stock and rear bar is %31 stiffer than stock. I will start by installing the rear bars since my car understeers some despite the correct alignment and rake. I will report back my findings.

Great. Interested to hear your views on how these perform. Having said that as I gather you running other non stock items on suspension it might be harder to extrapolate how the bars may perform on say a stock ACR. Still interested to hear your views though.

[ayousef]

Great. Interested to hear your views on how these perform. Having said that as I gather you running other non stock items on suspension it might be harder to extrapolate how the bars may perform on say a stock ACR. Still interested to hear your views though.

My car does have the active dampers, which have some pros and cons. My spring rates however are very close to stock however. My car does understeer at the limit, but this is on some empty switch backs with tire temps low. Im sure as the tires heat up grip will increase but I think the handling balance will still tend to understeer at the limit. I will install the rear bars only and test, I think I will like the handling with the rear bars only but only time will tell!