Which Sway Bars for 2008 C6
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Which Sway Bars for 2008 C6
I have a 2008 C6 with F55 and have added Z51 sway bars front and rear. Still running the Goodyear runflats, although I have a new set of Michelin PS2's to go on in about a month - just finishing off the runflats first.
The car is exhibiting oversteer when I get on the gas in the apex of the turn. Would the ZR1 front sway bar reduce the oversteer. Or will the replacement of the Goodyear runflats with the PS2's be enough. What size are the ZR1 front and rear sway bars?
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Wade
The car is exhibiting oversteer when I get on the gas in the apex of the turn. Would the ZR1 front sway bar reduce the oversteer. Or will the replacement of the Goodyear runflats with the PS2's be enough. What size are the ZR1 front and rear sway bars?
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Wade
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Wait until you have new tires on the car then decide. I have Z51 sways with my 08 C6, F55 and find the car to be very balanced with either the Firestone runflats or the R888. Both sets of tires where bought this year. All though I do have poly bushing throughout.
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Thanks.
Wade
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Which poly bushings did you get and where did you get them from?
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I had these installed a few years back and have been happy so far.
http://www.lgmotorsports.com/GM-T1-Corvette-Sway-Bars
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the pfadt johnny oconnell sway bars are really nice for a driver that see's some track use or just fun windey roads. really nice when uses with matching shocks.
corvettes of houston has great price on both.
corvettes of houston has great price on both.
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Driver WT, you can try two things. First, you can run slightly higher pressures in your front tires. They carry just more than half of the weight of the car and are smaller than the rears, so a little higher pressure will increase the tire's spring rate to match the relatively higher load.
Second, you could just replace the front bushings with poly ones, and leave the rubber bushings in the rear. I'm thinking that if I go with just the Z51 sways, this is probably how I'll run. I know I'm not as experienced of a driver as TMyers, so a hair more understeer would probably be a safer thing for me.
Second, you could just replace the front bushings with poly ones, and leave the rubber bushings in the rear. I'm thinking that if I go with just the Z51 sways, this is probably how I'll run. I know I'm not as experienced of a driver as TMyers, so a hair more understeer would probably be a safer thing for me.
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Thanks for all the suggestions. Looks like I will keep the Z51 bars until I can try them with the new Michelin PS2 tires. Although I am tempted by the Johnny O'Connell sway bars.
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Our Johnny O'Connell bars have a little more front bias built into them than the stock C6 bars do, this is to prevent some of the oversteer that is exhibited in the stock suspension. When matched with the Johnny O'Connell shocks the car becomes easier to drive, as well as more stable in corners.
Our advice is to get the PS2's on the car and then evaluate the cars performance. The stock run flats are tough to judge suspension performance on, with some stickier tires you may find the car feels much better.
Our advice is to get the PS2's on the car and then evaluate the cars performance. The stock run flats are tough to judge suspension performance on, with some stickier tires you may find the car feels much better.
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Our Johnny O'Connell bars have a little more front bias built into them than the stock C6 bars do, this is to prevent some of the oversteer that is exhibited in the stock suspension. When matched with the Johnny O'Connell shocks the car becomes easier to drive, as well as more stable in corners.
Our advice is to get the PS2's on the car and then evaluate the cars performance. The stock run flats are tough to judge suspension performance on, with some stickier tires you may find the car feels much better.
Our advice is to get the PS2's on the car and then evaluate the cars performance. The stock run flats are tough to judge suspension performance on, with some stickier tires you may find the car feels much better.
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I am also running these on my C5Z... Love em!!
