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Re: Swing spring / camber compensator

To: Spitfires@autox.team.net, dougnad@bellatlantic.net, spitlist@gte.net
Subject: Re: Swing spring / camber compensator
From: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 13:26:30 -0400
>For the most part, a rear anti sway bar would indeed help prevent wheel tuck.

Nyet!  A rear anti sway bar would exacerbate wheel tuck or jacking.  It works 
dead opposite of what a camber compensator does.  An anti sway bar resists body 
roll, but does not restrict matching up and down movement of the wheels.  A 
camber compensator does not resist body roll, but it greatly resists matching 
up and down movement of the wheels.

>Because the sway bar attaches in two places firmly to the frame, it severely 
>limits damping and makes for a very firm ride.

No again.  The anti sway bars do not restrict at all the motion of the wheels 
moving together.  So ruts and such in the road feel exactly the same.  The 
camber compensator does resist matching movements of the wheels, so ruts become 
much harsher.  The inverse it applicable for individual wheel disturbances like 
potholes.

>For that reason, the preferred setup is a camber compensator and larger front 
>sway bar.

Depends entirely on the vehicle and the usage.



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