BE Front Sway Bar Demand

[GETxERxDONE]

wouldnt the EX front sway fit? its prob smaller.

[e60.deluxe]

Originally Posted by GETxERxDONE

wouldnt the EX front sway fit? its prob smaller.

yes, the issue is that its possible too small, and also its hollow, not solid. which could potentially reduce the steering response. some people have gone that route however.

[GETxERxDONE]

oo, i tried :) ill go back in my corner now

[eXe]

Originally Posted by truflip

I'm not sure everyone understands the difference a thinner or hollow sway bar will make to their car. This poll doesnt really state whether there's a demand for a thicker or thinner sway bar either.

Also, I think HighRev1 is thinking about making a thinner one too. Good to see some options :)

Yes it does. Ive made it as clear as possible. The poll itself, no, theres not. But the post below the poll, yes. Its in bold lettering. The vote is for a thinner sway bar. MM size is still unknown.

[eXe]

oops, reposted twice.

[BigMoney8481]

Originally Posted by e60.deluxe

yes, the issue is that its possible too small, and also its hollow, not solid. which could potentially reduce the steering response. some people have gone that route however.

true true great point. i hope there is testing being done to see what combination of thickness and solid / hollow would be best. I never though of the DX or any other bar as being too small. I'll tell you again - great point.

[eXe]

Originally Posted by BigMoney8481

true true great point. i hope there is testing being done to see what combination of thickness and solid / hollow would be best. I never though of the DX or any other bar as being too small. I'll tell you again - great point.

Very true man, I hope so too....

[Sirbelch]

Originally Posted by CanyonDriver

How does a thicker bar improve turn in? Not questioning it, i just wanna know how that works

Originally Posted by Sirbelch

By resisting weight transfer. It loads the outside tire quicker so you don't have to wait as long for the body to roll over, push down on the tire, and create the amount of friction needed to get the car pointing in a different direction. The down side of this increase in initial friction (traction) is there is less friction to help accelerate the car coming out of the corner. So you wanna gain a 10th going into the corner or 5 10ths coming out? Your call.

Originally Posted by e60.deluxe

yes, the issue is that its possible too small, and also its hollow, not solid. which could potentially reduce the steering response. some people have gone that route however.

Originally Posted by GETxERxDONE

oo, i tried :) ill go back in my corner now

Don't hide, ask questions or just look for your self. Thats what this place is for

[CanyonDriver]

Originally Posted by Sirbelch

Don't hide, ask questions or just look for your self. Thats what this place is for

damn straight i wouldn't know sh*t about our cars if it wasn't for this site. other forums i've been on don't have nearly the info that 8thgen does. import tuners website has by far the most inferior forum i've ever been on. its a bunch of a** holes and ricers who ask the same question over and over about how to make their sohc d series motors run 500hp

[eXe]

Originally Posted by CanyonDriver

damn straight i wouldn't know sh*t about our cars if it wasn't for this site. other forums i've been on don't have nearly the info that 8thgen does. import tuners website has by far the most inferior forum i've ever been on. its a bunch of a** holes and ricers who ask the same question over and over about how to make their sohc d series motors run 500hp

I just love 8th, period . I wouldnt know much either if it wasnt for this site.

[jdmhondafreak]

Here is some additional 411 on stabilizers,

Comparing the diameter of swaybars is actually fairly innacurate and unscientific, since many anti-swaybars use a wide variety of different materials and construction techniques, which will result in wildly different spring rates.

Anti-swaybars function like springs and have spring rates, which are independent of the diameter. (Many coil springs have thin diameters but very high rates due to quality of construction, and alternately, many springs have thick diameters but do not have high spring rates)

Although the diameter is a rough indicator of the stiffness, it shouldn't be relied on too heavily.

The best indicator would be if manufacturers actually list the % increase in stiffness of stabilizer spring rate compared to stock. Unfortunately, the trend is to simply put the diameter.

Stabilizers come in a variety of materials


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i got this off of ephatch i found it very intresting make's sense, this is straight from a tanabe rep, so full credit to tanabe for sharing this great info on ephatch, hope this helps.

[redline8500]

drivers preferance i think on wether or not big or small i had a really good driver tear my car up to the point that my front rotors were glowing red, bright red and the only thing he said when he got out of my car was more brake and bigger sways all the way around and this guy could drive all he does is race cars and build them as well

[eXe]

Originally Posted by redline8500

drivers preferance i think on wether or not big or small i had a really good driver tear my car up to the point that my front rotors were glowing red, bright red and the only thing he said when he got out of my car was more brake and bigger sways all the way around and this guy could drive all he does is race cars and build them as well

our front sways are like 28mm, getting thicker would be insane

[Rems07si]

[hmodel88]

smaller FSB ftw