Spdfrk81

What are the benefits of upgrading sway bars while running DRM shocks or even stock shocks for that matter? Who's got the best sway bars on the market?

LFZ

With the Z06, upgrading sways usually brings the Z from an over steering monster to a more balanced and more predictable handling car. I personally enjoy the oversteer, so depending on your preference, there are lots of good sways out there. Adjustable ones are great if you're into fine tuning. I have the Pfadt light rate sways and really enjoy them, but any good sway bar combo will compliment the DRMs nicely.

20psirabbit

Really? I have drm shocks and it made the car a little more mellow in terms of trying to step out, but it's still twitchy. What sway bars make the car less twitchy? All the cars I've ever put sway bars on in the past have usually made them a bit more twitchy if anything. I'd be interested in something that calms the oversteer snap down a little bit.

Joe_Planet

I never had any issues with oversteer or understeer on the track.
These can be controlled with a proper alignment. I personally never felt the swaybars needed an upgrade... but hey its your money.. you can blow 1k on pfadt swaybars, but the only thing it guarantees to get you is a headache..

LFZ

Not sure where you are getting "twitchy" from? I was referring to understeer and oversteer. The DRMs due help with planting the rear which in turn gets rid of the "twitchy" feeling back there.

Snap oversteer can be reduced with proper front/rear sway bar stiffness.

Carnac

There is no doubt that the Z06 with factory set-up oversteers. If you take a look at the stiffness of the factory sway bars, the rear factory bars are stiffer than the fronts. The base coupe and Z51 have the traditionally stiffer front bar.

I have heard that the reason for the Z06 set-up is because of GMs work with Ron Fellows on the suspension tune for the Z06. He preferred a car with oversteer. If you can work the car with oversteer on the track, it can be very fast - it allows for a quick exit from corners.

However, few have the driving skills of Ron Fellows, and a more neutral set-up is often an advantage. I do prefer a bit of oversteer, but have found switching to Pfadt's Johnny O'Connell bars (along with DRM shocks) helped make the handling much more neutral.

The Pfadt JOC bars are also adjustable (rear) so that I could fine tune the handling to my preference (I went with the stiffest position for the rear, to keep some oversteer).

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I don't know what "twitchy" is either - the Z06 due to its high torque/power can step the rear end around pretty easily or you may be referring to the rear end moving out some on uneven pavement during turns. These can be helped by better shocks (DRM). But to reduce oversteer and bring the car to a more neutral handling, sway bars and/or coil-overs are needed.

Jim

Wulverine

Do you have any recommendations on what front/rear sway bars will give the "proper" stiffness to reduce snap oversteer for a DRM shock equipped car?

LFZ

Pfadt JOC...rear sway is adjustable so you can set it pretty loose to help reduce the driver's tendency of snap oversteer. And stickier tires.

MTPZ06

I asked Doug Rippie Motorsports about this as well when I purchased my DRM Bilsteins and they were of the opinion that the stock sways are great for the vast majority of the population...so I did nothing. But yes, its all about how you want your car to handle.