52% increase is a big increase but in relation to what? The really
interesting math would be to work out the total roll stiffness of the front end
of the
Spridget and then factor in how big a change to total roll stiffness going up
a size of bar makes. I think it's safe to assume that 1/16" increase at a
time isn't too dramatic or else the bar manufacturers would have bars that only
go up say 1/32" at a time. The really big jump is from 3/4 to 7/8 which is a
2/16" jump.
Regards
Daniel
In a message dated 02/02/07 13:16:17 GMT Standard Time, thcollin@mtu.edu
writes:
> rom the Internet
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> The owner/author of this web site:
> http://www.tsimportedautomotive.com/Swabarra.html gives a chart to show the
> effect of moving from one size sway bar to larger/smaller sizes. For
> instance, in moving from a 9/16" to a 5/8" bar you increase the torsional
> resistance by 52% for the same bar geometry. That's fairly significant for
> what seems to be a small change in bar diameter.
>
> The site also tells what happens when a bar is too small or large in
> relation to oversteer / understeer and some other interesting suspension
> setup parameters. I think you guys/gals will enjoy the site. I don't know
> the guy, but thanks for the information!
>
> Tim Collins
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