What benefits do sway bars offer over the stock setup. It is my understanding that they reduce the amount of body roll a car experiences. Does this hold true when you are not pushing the car to the limits? In other words, will i feel a difference by installing these? My car is a 94. Can anyone recommend a manufacturer or specific set up?

Regards,

Matt

 

Matt, You will notice a difference especially if you have aftermarket performance springs (RB or H&R). The amount of body roll will be almost neglible. Of course you don't notice this improvement unless you're pushing the car enthusiasically through the off/on-ramps. The downside to larger sway bars it that the independent suspension becomes less so (since you're hooking together the left and right sides more tightly). You'll feel irregular surfaces to be more jarring with thicker sway bars.

Unless you autocross or plan to do track events, I wouldn't bother with upgrading the sway bars. If you do plan such activities, then I suggest going with Eibach Competition bars fr/rr. Be sure to fabricate swaybar stops to keep the bar from moving side-to-side under hard cornering. Eibach's kit does NOT provide the stops. The Eibach's rear swaybar is adjustable. I suggest choosing the stiffest setting (matching the stock rear swaybar's moment arm length).

 

thanks for the info! next spring i do plan to get some track time in thus i was looking to upgrade the suspension over the winter. I am currently the most interested in the suspension techinique bars. They sell the front and rear bars along with upgraded bushings for a low price. They have also been recommended to me by a few people.

matt

 

If you'll be doing track time, then the swaybars will have a vast improvement over the stock swaybars. I don't have experience with the STs. I ordered them initially from Mazda Comp, but they were backordered. That's how I ended up with the Eibach Comp sets. STs and Eibachs are similar in performance with the STs being slightly less in price. The STs are painted silver and the Eibachs are painted red. The Eibachs go nicely with the red RB springs. They work well together too!

 

I am thinking about going with the Mazda speed swaybar set, they give a balanced handling over others.Anyone using this setup have any comments