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RE: [TR] Sway Bar

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Subject: RE: [TR] Sway Bar
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:29:31 -0800
> Back in the day the approach to anti-sway was to fit stiff 
> springs and the 
> TR3 has those in spades.  It's all part of the charm.

I wonder ... that might well be why my experience with a TR3A and anti-sway
bars is somewhat different than others report.  Before fitting the anti-sway
bars, I had to replace both rear springs with used ones.  The springs I got
were kind of cruddy, so I disassembled, cleaned, painted and greased them.
It made the car ride noticeably softer ... maybe the smooth moving springs
were also the reason I seemed to need the rear bar and others don't.  The
ride height was about the same, so I don't think reduced spring rate had
anything to do with it.

At any rate, I liked the result so much that I will be adding Teflon between
the leaves, next time I have TR3 rear springs apart.

FWIW, there was a "shootout" in one of the car mags many years ago, with two
tuners starting with identical cars and making only suspension mods.  The
"stiffer is better" car was soundly trounced by the "sway bars" car on the
track.

YMMV, of course.

Randall


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