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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 01:49 PM
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sway bars?!?!

ok ive been messin with my car lately and starting to connect higher speed **** like top of second s turns to mid 3rd stuff but almost every time i go to throw the car the opposite direction it just snaps and whips around on me. ive heard of people removing there sway bars but never really knew what it did or how it affected the car any insight on the matter would be awesome..
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 02:08 PM
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Honestly, the easiest thing you can do is just disconnect one side and take another run to see the difference. What you have to understand is that the sway bar "connects" the two sides of the car and tries to keep the suspensions on the same plane. A stiff sway or just having one in general starts to take a negative effect on the car while sliding because one tire will have less traction than the other. The more traction in the rear, the easier it is to control consistently.

I think...
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 02:51 PM
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well there will be some shenanigans at the local meet tonight do you think i should just take it off completely and try it out for the night or just unbolt it from the outside?
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 06:10 PM
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Unbolting one side breaks the connection. That should be good enough for testing it out.
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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oh well its out already it was no big deal and i dont want it eattling around while i drive around tonight
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 03:11 AM
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You really should leave them in for highway driving. The car can feel unstable. But yeah I just pop off one bolt on one side at the track. Drift. And then bolt it back when I put my street wheels and tires on.
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 10:14 AM
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You really should leave them in for highway driving. The car can feel unstable. But yeah I just pop off one bolt on one side at the track. Drift. And then bolt it back when I put my street wheels and tires on.
this is too much work, and they dont really do much...

do mad pulls all day on the freeway without them..
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 12:00 PM
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If you have coilovers pull the sway bars completely out and save yourself 5lbs. I drive mine on the highway with no swaybars and it's not even a mild difference to me. Feels fine and drives straight, what more do you need?

Pulling the rear helps settle down the rear a lot, but honestly FC's are so tail happy it really comes down to counter steering a lot sooner then you feel is necessary in my opinion.
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