Exactly. Depending on what you want the car to do,
and what else you have done, a rear sway bar can
help you or can hurt. It is all about the balance.
If you run no front sway bar, or a small one, a
rear sway bar on a TR-3 is probably too much. If
you run a heavy front sway bar, you might need a
rear sway bar to balance the handling out. You
need to look at the whole package, not just one end
at a time.
For example, my solid axle TR-4 used very heavy front
and rear sway bars, and I think that anyone who drove
it would say that it handled pretty well - for autocross,
where a loose rear end (ie, a car that oversteers
slightly)can be an asset. Along with the sway bars,
though, that car also had changes to the front camber,
stiff shocks and a very aggressive alignment (toe out).
I hope that helps,
John
On Thu, May 30, 2013 3:04 pm, riverside@southslope.net wrote:
> It is hard to make a sway bar recommendation without
> knowing the rest of the front and rear suspension
> details.
>
> art de armond
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Babcock
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 1:39 PM
> To: john hasty
> Cc: Fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Sway Bars
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> Tony added a very light sway bar to Peyote last year after despite my
> longstanding arguement that a rear swaybar on a TR3 screws up the
> handling.
> I
> tried a heavier one years ago and it was horrible. Naturally Tony's
> addition
> works tremendously well and knocked a second or two off my time. The trick
> seems to be VERY LIGHT sway bar. 5/8" is probably too heavy, though maybe
> Tony
> will chime in. It's very sensitive to adjustment.
>
>
>
>
> On May 30, 2013, at 11:36 AM, "john hasty" <jhhasty@gdhs.com> wrote:
>
>> TR3 racers (or anyone else) Anyone run a Addco 5/8" rear sway bar? If
>> so,
>> how does it do? If not, why? Any other brand rear bars used?
>>
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