>
> Wrong, send the guru back to the mountain cave for some more internal
> reflection on the matter!
>
> Swaybars are cornering springs. Spring rates are force per unit of distance,
> not just force alone. Your friend isn't considering that you will have two
> different length lever arms by only adjusting one side; one side will
> generate a different spring rate than the other. For a given diameter, the
> longer the lever arm the lower the swaybar spring rate and vice versa. You
> could potentially use this to your advantage if the car handles significantly
> different turning in one direction vs. the other. Generally speaking though,
> you want to adjust both sides of the bar.
>
> M Sipe
Here's a question for the suspension guru. My club uses a go-kart track for a
course quite often. Most of the left turns are hairpins. Most of the right
turns are quite a bit faster. Also, there are more right turns than left.
I have rear anti-sway bars which each have two positions. What combination of
settings will work best?
A) Left shorter,
B) Right shorter,
C) both shorter (spinarama)
D) both longer, (where they are now)
E) don't touch them, that's stupid.
Whadayathink?
Burl Vibert
(playing by even goofier Canadian rules:-)
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