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Old 08-01-2001, 02:53 PM
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Another question on Sways

Allot of you CLS owners have installed sways, my question is did all of you install front, rear or both? Thanks.
Old 08-01-2001, 03:58 PM
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Originally posted by GRF:
<STRONG>Allot of you CLS owners have installed sways, my question is did all of you install front, rear or both? Thanks.</STRONG>
Most (if not all) people installed both front and rear Comptech Sway Bars.
Old 08-01-2001, 06:55 PM
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Do we look like HALF ASS MEMBERS ? Of course we do front and back ! These are NOT Ford Pinto's you know !
Old 08-01-2001, 07:04 PM
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Hey Fabvsix
Was not trying to insinuate anything. Reason I asked, when I went to a couple of websites selling suspension parts it shows front and back separately.
Old 08-01-2001, 07:05 PM
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If you’re talking about the Comptech sway bars -- yes both front and rear went on.

The replacement bar is about 13-20% stiffer in the front.

The rear bar is about 80% stiffer in the rear.

So, if you leave the front Comptech bar off, you will increase the oversteer and the roll will not be reduced in the front...
Old 08-01-2001, 07:26 PM
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I am going to put my stock front sway back in this weekend. I would like to be able to induce some oversteer, and will see if this helps. I am sort of experimenting at this point. My current set up is Ground Control coilovers/Koni's with 450/400 spring rates front and rear. These rates are significantly higher than my previous comptech springs. With these springs rates, I am hoping that going back to the stock front bar will help, otherwise I'll run the Comptech bar in front and start looking for a larger/stiffer rear bar.
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Old 08-01-2001, 07:29 PM
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Kevin, to clarify: you are optimizing your CL-S performance for the track, are you not?
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Originally posted by Kevin M:
<STRONG>I am going to put my stock front sway back in this weekend. I would like to be able to induce some oversteer, and will see if this helps. I am sort of experimenting at this point. My current set up is Ground Control coilovers/Koni's with 450/400 spring rates front and rear. These rates are significantly higher than my previous comptech springs. With these springs rates, I am hoping that going back to the stock front bar will help, otherwise I'll run the Comptech bar in front and start looking for a larger/stiffer rear bar.
Kevin</STRONG>

You should get a 13 to 20% reduction is front roll stiffness -- I really did check the equations out. The stock bar has a 0.107 wall thickness and the Comptech bar has a wall thickness of 0.177. (At least that is what I remember from off the top of my head...)


BTW -- if you want to verify this info -- don't talk to Comptech sales, talk to the technical folks!
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Originally posted by H4mm3rm4n:
<STRONG>Kevin, to clarify: you are optimizing your CL-S performance for the track, are you not?</STRONG>
Yes, I am.
Kevin
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