Question about rear sway bar sizing
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Originally Posted by a1sensei
Can't we all just get along? God bless, Sensei
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Originally Posted by Bangkok Dean
Good info as your usual
But how does one know which size to use in the rear of a C3 you show three sizes
But how does one know which size to use in the rear of a C3 you show three sizes 
Yes, please help there! Thanks!!!
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Originally Posted by Bangkok Dean
Good info as your usual But how does one know which size to use in the rear of a C3 you show three sizes
But how does one know which size to use in the rear of a C3 you show three sizes Last edited by mandm1200; Jun 28, 2006 at 12:47 AM.
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Originally Posted by mandm1200
Fairly easy to figure out. If you make a hard corner and the car winds up in the gaurd rail, try a different bar. I don't think the answer is plain and simple; more trial and error for what is trying to be accomplished.
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Originally Posted by mandm1200
I just can't believe some people have no idea on junior high scholol math or physics.
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Hmmmm! What scholol did you go to? (Short bus? I don't wide da short bus! Stop whaffin!!!)
One thing to make a typo, but another not to be able to basic math.
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Why so much hate? I'm sure all of you remember all the formulas you learned in high school. I've got well over 20 years of formal education under my belt, but I wouldn't have known that formula off the top of my head simply because it's something that I haven't used since, well, high school. Oh dear, the education system has failed me!!!
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From reading your symptoms there, I am somewhat concerned about the frame and maybe shims in the upper inner controll arms...make sure they are not loose, and check for frame rust, especially in the rear kickup area just before the wheels....may also check frame where the lower controll arms bolt to....broken welds.....
ball joints are a simple diagnosis also....
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ball joints are a simple diagnosis also....
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Originally Posted by Me2
Why so much hate? I'm sure all of you remember all the formulas you learned in high school. I've got well over 20 years of formal education under my belt, but I wouldn't have known that formula off the top of my head simply because it's something that I haven't used since, well, high school. Oh dear, the education system has failed me!!!
Quit throwing water on this fire. This thread is amusing and a lot of us are rubber necking.
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Why so much hate? I'm sure all of you remember all the formulas you learned in high school. I've got well over 20 years of formal education under my belt, but I wouldn't have known that formula off the top of my head simply because it's something that I haven't used since, well, high school. Oh dear, the education system has failed me!!!
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Originally Posted by mrvette
From reading your symptoms there, I am somewhat concerned about the frame and maybe shims in the upper inner controll arms...make sure they are not loose, and check for frame rust, especially in the rear kickup area just before the wheels....may also check frame where the lower controll arms bolt to....broken welds.....
ball joints are a simple diagnosis also....
GENE
ball joints are a simple diagnosis also....
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Originally Posted by Bangkok Dean
Good info as your usual But how does one know which size to use in the rear of a C3 you show three sizes
But how does one know which size to use in the rear of a C3 you show three sizes 1" Front 5/8" Rear
1 1/8" Front 3/4" Rear
1 1/4" Front 7/8" Rear
Anything over an 1/18" Front & 3/4" Rear will be pretty stiff. Using unmatched front & rear bars can cause over or understeer depending on which bar sizes you are using.
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Originally Posted by Van Steel
Rear bar size should be determined by what front bar you have. With these rear bars you should match up a new front bar with it as well. What works best together is
1" Front 5/8" Rear
1 1/8" Front 3/4" Rear
1 1/4" Front 7/8" Rear
Anything over an 1/18" Front & 3/4" Rear will be pretty stiff. Using unmatched front & rear bars can cause over or understeer depending on which bar sizes you are using.
1" Front 5/8" Rear
1 1/8" Front 3/4" Rear
1 1/4" Front 7/8" Rear
Anything over an 1/18" Front & 3/4" Rear will be pretty stiff. Using unmatched front & rear bars can cause over or understeer depending on which bar sizes you are using.
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Originally Posted by Van Steel
Rear bar size should be determined by what front bar you have. With these rear bars you should match up a new front bar with it as well. What works best together is
1" Front 5/8" Rear
1 1/8" Front 3/4" Rear
1 1/4" Front 7/8" Rear
Anything over an 1/18" Front & 3/4" Rear will be pretty stiff. Using unmatched front & rear bars can cause over or understeer depending on which bar sizes you are using.
1" Front 5/8" Rear
1 1/8" Front 3/4" Rear
1 1/4" Front 7/8" Rear
Anything over an 1/18" Front & 3/4" Rear will be pretty stiff. Using unmatched front & rear bars can cause over or understeer depending on which bar sizes you are using.
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Originally Posted by mandm1200
What are you referring to? It has absolutely nothing to do as a sway bar. The spring is bolted in the center and each side work seperately. One side will not affect the other side. I suppose a sway bar on the front 'would defeat the purpose' of making the front suspension independant. I normally refrain from posting when I see these type of comments. But this thread could heat up with some additional wood on the fire. I just can't believe some people have no idea on junior high scholol math or physics.
And you have a sway bar on the front to aid in handling (keep the front end relatively level through corners) as it "ties" the two sides so when you turn left on a road course, the right side doesn't dive by itself. The left side reacts with it to keep the tire on the road so you can steer with both tires instead of just one with the other pretty much unloaded. Note, I did not say the two were "locked" together, just that one side reacts to what the other does.
Placing a bar on the rear would tend to make the IRS behave more like a solid axle....
Anyway, the OP is running his car at the strip, right? Most racers do not use a rear sway bar and have been known to unbolt the front bar to aid in front end lift and weight transfer anyway....
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Most racers do not use a rear sway bar and have been known to unbolt the front bar to aid in front end lift and weight transfer anyway....