Which Stabilizer?
09-30-02, 12:49 PM
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Which Stabilizer?
hey list,
Question goes to those suspension experts!
Which front stabi, do you guys use? What is it mean by adjustable? How is it adjusted? What kind of drivng? track driving only. I have read many about front stabi being and widely adjusted but the rear stabi is not possbile to adjusted. Sizes, how does this effect the stabi performance? bigger the more stable the front gets?
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-joe
Question goes to those suspension experts!
Which front stabi, do you guys use? What is it mean by adjustable? How is it adjusted? What kind of drivng? track driving only. I have read many about front stabi being and widely adjusted but the rear stabi is not possbile to adjusted. Sizes, how does this effect the stabi performance? bigger the more stable the front gets?
Thanks
-joe
09-30-02, 02:54 PM
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Look at the ScuderiaCiriani.com site for specific details on what is available. Most of the bars are not adjustable front or rear. Tri-Point has adjustable bars for both ends of the car, and I think these are the best bars available. The adjustment is simply to move the point at which the link attaches to the ends of the bar. That makes it stiffer or less stiff, depending on if the link ends up closer or further away from the torsion bar.
You will need new front sway bar mounts, as thje stock ones are too weak and will break. Search for this topic. In my opinion, the Widefoot mounts are the best available.
If you take a given car, and stiffen the bar at one end, that end will have less traction. Sway bars are used to stiffen roll and distribute weight transfer between the front and rear. If the car is too loose (the back end loses traction first), you would stiffen the front bar to shift the balance toward understeer, for instance. It is common to want to stiffen both ends of the car to reduce body roll, so people often get a set of front and rear sway bars to install.
-Max
You will need new front sway bar mounts, as thje stock ones are too weak and will break. Search for this topic. In my opinion, the Widefoot mounts are the best available.
If you take a given car, and stiffen the bar at one end, that end will have less traction. Sway bars are used to stiffen roll and distribute weight transfer between the front and rear. If the car is too loose (the back end loses traction first), you would stiffen the front bar to shift the balance toward understeer, for instance. It is common to want to stiffen both ends of the car to reduce body roll, so people often get a set of front and rear sway bars to install.
-Max
10-01-02, 02:10 AM
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Yeah, if you want the best ones, Tri-Point is the way to go. In addition to the end link adjustments, you can get different torsion bars, too. 0.188" wall thickness is probably the most popular choice. That's what I ordered.
-Max
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Another nice thing about the Tri-Point front bar is that they give you new heim joints to connect the bar end links to the lower A-arm. The heim joints are on a threaded rod, so you can dial out any preload on the bar when you get the car corner-weighted.
I had a clearance problem with my adjustable rear bar, so I ended up using a similar heim joint setup instead of the stock rear links.
Now, of course you can use heim joints and a threaded connector with any bar (like the stock bar, for instance-- I seem to remember Rob Robinette doing just that with his stock front bar...) and get the same effect, but it's nice that they're part of the kit.
Tri-Point has also been great about shipping any of my mail order stuff. If it's in stock, it's usually in my hands the next day. I'm less than an hour away, but during the week, I don't have extra time to spend picking up parts, and they're not open on weekends.
I had a clearance problem with my adjustable rear bar, so I ended up using a similar heim joint setup instead of the stock rear links.
Now, of course you can use heim joints and a threaded connector with any bar (like the stock bar, for instance-- I seem to remember Rob Robinette doing just that with his stock front bar...) and get the same effect, but it's nice that they're part of the kit.
Tri-Point has also been great about shipping any of my mail order stuff. If it's in stock, it's usually in my hands the next day. I'm less than an hour away, but during the week, I don't have extra time to spend picking up parts, and they're not open on weekends.
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Tri-Point sells an adjustable rear bar, as Max pointed out in the first reply to you in this thread. If you don't like that one, you can always have a fully adjustable bar fabricated.
10-02-02, 04:30 AM
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Call and talk to Tri-Point. I recently ordered mine and they have bars for both front and rear. The front bar is adjustable and modular (you can change the torsion bar). The rear bar is more common looking and just has two holes on the bar to attach the end links, giving three possible settings: 1/1, (1/2 or 2/1), and 2/2.
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10-02-02, 04:25 PM
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I wish I was driving!
Tri Point make bars for the second gen? Any other good options for 2nd gen sway bars other than the ST and RB sway bars? Looking for something with a little more adjustibility.
10-03-02, 02:05 AM
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Originally posted by LetsGO7
artowar2,
tri-point website does not list anything of adjustable rear stabi! only front.
thanks
-joe
artowar2,
tri-point website does not list anything of adjustable rear stabi! only front.
thanks
-joe
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