Will sways and a strut bar resolve...
03-10-2003, 07:05 PM
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Will sways and a strut bar resolve...
the nose of the car digging into the ground when taking a right turn???
If I wanna take an aggressive right hand turn, once the wheels begin to turn the car really feels heavy and seems to want to dig right into the concrete? Will sways and a strut bar eliminate this somewhat? I understand this is part of owning a FWD car, but can some of this be eliminated with the mentioned mods?
If I wanna take an aggressive right hand turn, once the wheels begin to turn the car really feels heavy and seems to want to dig right into the concrete? Will sways and a strut bar eliminate this somewhat? I understand this is part of owning a FWD car, but can some of this be eliminated with the mentioned mods?
03-10-2003, 09:19 PM
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Sways work very well as long as you don't brake in the turn. Once the car start to brake hard the car will nose dive, and there goes that front outside tire. The only way to help negate this, would be stiffer springs.
If it were a choice between the two - go with sways. Much more bang for the buck imo.
If it were a choice between the two - go with sways. Much more bang for the buck imo.
03-10-2003, 11:30 PM
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The digging you talking about is underesteer. Stiffer Sways will definitely help - especially the rear. Increasing front air pressure relative to rear will also help. If you have adjustable struts, stiffer front struts also reduce understeer.
03-11-2003, 10:43 AM
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The CT/Neuspeed combo is great, really kills all of that body roll, I was amazed, but if you brake in the turn you are going to dig...try to hit your entry speed so you don't have to. I could also swear (maybe its just me) that the steering tightened up after those mods, I felt a smaller dead spot in the wheel, and it seems more resonsive...?
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03-11-2003, 12:37 PM
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Sways reduce body roll (lean) in turns, not nose dive under braking. Nose dive would be better addressed by stiffer springs (which will also reduce body roll. With sways, turn-in will feel much crisper but ultimate grip at the limit of tire adhesion may actually be reduced. On the street this is usually not an issue and you will probably get the desired result of less body roll with sways.
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