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Old Jun 20, 2013 | 10:45 AM
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Anti Sway Bar

Building up a small drift project and looking for some good anti sway bars, been looking around and have found brands like godspeed and racing beat but would like an opinion from someone who actually uses one and how it handles, thanks
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Old Jun 20, 2013 | 11:40 AM
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put the biggest bar you can find on the front... (suspension techniques, RB, whiteline) don't touch the rear bar, and if you do, remove it.
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Old Jun 21, 2013 | 09:22 PM
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Wouldn't a setup without a rear sway bar cause more front grip? Correct me if I'm wrong. Also, due to the FC's natural ability to understeer woundn't he want the opposite for drifting?
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Old Jun 21, 2013 | 10:53 PM
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Trivia

The thickest sway bar stock came on the Verts.
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Old Jun 22, 2013 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by HOZZMANRX7
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The thickest sway bar stock came on the Verts.
front or rear? because I have a parts car vert, and ya would nt you want the rear to be more stiff when sliding?
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Old Jun 22, 2013 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by eage8
put the biggest bar you can find on the front... (suspension techniques, RB, whiteline) don't touch the rear bar, and if you do, remove it.
Im interested in what your saying please explain
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Old Jun 22, 2013 | 12:04 PM
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A bigger swaybar on the front will cause the FRONT end to slip more. For drifting, put a big one on the rear of the car and leave the front alone...or get rid of the front one altogether.

I ran F&R racing beat sways on my old FC and loved em, but I didn't drift it.
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Old Jun 22, 2013 | 12:21 PM
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putting a big one in the rear will cause oversteer, something You'd probably want while drifting.
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Old Jun 22, 2013 | 12:53 PM
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thanks guys you've been helpfull
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Old Jun 22, 2013 | 01:37 PM
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Should have posted it in the drift section more people would have better advice. First it's my recommendation and what most rx7s run set up for drift is run no away bars at all. I run no sway bars on my drift build and still handles perfect. When you do steering angle mods up front you will hit the front sway bar and get no angle. As for the rear take it off too
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Old Jun 26, 2013 | 07:53 AM
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Don't remove the rear bar.
> Stiffen front with upper and lower strut braces.
>you can adjust your rear brake bias down to give less rear brake force. This will let the rear naturally try to overtake the front under hard braking
>space front wheels wider than rear wheels or run slimmer/harder compound rear tires

my 2 cents
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