I don't think much of that was correct. Without putting down several
thousand words it's hard to explain so I'll correct the mistakes instead.
Fitting an anti-sway bar at the front of the car is to reduce roll that
leads to wheel camber change at the front of the car that is a handling
problem.
It does not change the fact that the Spridget oversteers, rather it corrects
a problem at the front of the car.
The back of the car doesn't need an anti sway bar because the Spridget has a
live axle and so no matter how much the body rolls the wheels and tyres do
not exhibit any camber change. Fitting an anti-sway bar on any live axle car,
including the Spridget creates an enormous amount of oversteer. So, unless
you're a suspension guru and ace driver you'll want to stay away from even
thinking about it on a live axle car.
A panhard rod cannot balance the front to rear suspension, rather it is used
to prevent lateral (side to side movement) of the rear axle to the bodywork.
I don't race.
W e s l a k e 1330
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In a message dated 12/10/2008 16:05:19 GMT Daylight Time,
pythias@pacifier.com writes:
Hello Michael,
You do see about Panhard bars tho.!
basically the handling charachteristic of the Spridget is to
oversteer. that is the rear end tends to come around on ya if you
overcook a corner. the antidote for this is to put a sway bar in
the front ..Yeah, it's counter-intuitive. You can tighten up the
WHOLE suspension by putting too large a bar on the front, then
using a panahard bar at the rear to rebalance the system, OR
choose a smaller bar at the front to achieve an initial
balance...
Or i could be all wet and not know anything at all about any of
this and you should wait for one of the racers to weigh in...
Mr. Lieb?
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