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| bradtho |
 Jan 1 2013, 03:20 PM
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I'm thinking my original owner decided to save himself some cash when he installed this rear sway bar. I'm not sure if I should be thankful that he bothered to reinforce the trunk or pissed that he drilled holes to bolt some plates in.
Isn't it bad (like poor handling) to run a rear sway bar without a front? haven't I seen people recommend the opposite (a front and no rear)? There is no front bar, so I'm thinking I may just pull this whole thing off.  |
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| Dave_Darling |
Jan 1 2013, 08:37 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,067 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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It's about roll stiffness. You can get roll stiffness by changing the springs (torsion bars in the front) or by the sway bars. So it's not necessarily a bad thing; drive the car and see how it feels.
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| aircooledtechguy |
Jan 2 2013, 12:07 AM
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The Aircooledtech Guy Group: Members Posts: 1,966 Joined: 8-November 08 From: Anacortes, WA Member No.: 9,730 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Jan 1 2013, 06:37 PM)  It's about roll stiffness. You can get roll stiffness by changing the springs (torsion bars in the front) or by the sway bars. So it's not necessarily a bad thing; drive the car and see how it feels. --DD (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I added a stock front bar shortly after buying my 914 and found that I could almost not tell I added a bar at all. I then added a stock rear bar and the car handled much beter with both. Contrary to what most on here repeat about rear sways, I found it to really be a good addition. Most here will say that a rear bar makes it more likely to spin out in hard cornering, but I have not found tjatto bethe case at all. I suspect that many that say tjat have never actually run a rearbar and "parrot" what they have heard otjers say. . . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) A year later I added Konis on all four corners and it just got even better. Like Dave said, see how it handles as is and decide from there. You can always see how it is without it by disconnecting one of the drops and go for a drive |
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bradtho homemade rear sway bar install? Jan 1 2013, 03:20 PM
messix no front sway bar?????
take that rear one off... Jan 1 2013, 03:24 PM
bradtho I've been driving it like this for awhile. I... Jan 2 2013, 12:13 AM
Dave_Darling
I added a stock front bar shortly after buying my... Jan 2 2013, 09:58 AM sixnotfour That's an ADDCO sway bar Jan 2 2013, 01:16 AM sean_v8_914 that rear sway bar set up looks good to me. the bu... Jan 2 2013, 09:08 AM |
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