Been stripping and cleaning the rear subframe assembly today, and noticed the rather piddly rear anti roll bar, is it ok as it is, or does it require replacement?
Cheers Guys,
Charlie
Hi Charlie,
If you upgrade that back one you need to think about a front one as well.
A stiffer back one will induce oversteer changing the handling characteristics of your car a little or a lot depending on how stiff you make the rear.
This will almost certainly mean the back is more liable to want to loose grip and send you into a spin, this can be fine if your tuning for the track as the car will turn into a corner quicker but really not good for a road car especially in the wet !
The ratio of thick bar at the front and thin at the back is done for a reason, primarily to give a car that is very user friendly in the corners as most drivers will cope easily with a car that understeers where as an oversteering car demands a bit more driver focus !
Hope this helps
This is a track car..
So i might experiment :lol:
vixpy, you need to read "how to make your car handle" by Fred Puhn before you start messing around with the anti-roll bars, or even anything at all, really.
Actually, its a good read, even if you arent going to change anything, because it will help you understand what the car is doing in a corner, and that can only help your driving.
Quote from: Martinyvixpy, you need to read "how to make your car handle" by Fred Puhn before you start messing around with the anti-roll bars, or even anything at all, really.
Actually, its a good read, even if you arent going to change anything, because it will help you understand what the car is doing in a corner, and that can only help your driving.
Blimey Martin we have both been reading the same bible!
I know Fred\'s book has been revised and there have been many editions but I still think it\'s the best down to earth suspension book available
My edition must be at least 25 years old now, and it has pictures of an RX-2 and an RX-4 in it\'s illustrations, it\'s very dog eared now with lots of comments added for myself from personal experiences learned.
I know one thing though, I would have been lost without it while I was racing and I still use it as a valuable reference source to this day!
Yep, its the old testament!
The new testament is "high performance driving" by Bob Bondurant!
Thanks guys, mucho good advice :)