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Re: 5kTQ swaybar upgrade? 30mm?
Earlier, DeWitt Harrison wrote:
> >[ ... ]
> >> I have purchased the front bar for the ABH engine code V8 according
> >> to the P/N listed in the fiche (441 411 309 H) and it did measure at 28 mm
> >> in the center of the bar. I didn't check the diameter at the ends but that
> >> could plausibly have been reduced from the basic bar size since the ends
> >> are so heavily worked to put in all those fancy bends.
>
> Yes. It's in the car but I haven't pushed the car hard yet. So far, mild fun
> around street corners hasn't produced any unpleasant surprises but the
> overall feeling is that the front end is "bigger" somehow, meaning more
> in charge of the car's behavior. There is noticeably less roll. I'm still
> more than a bit sceptical about the argument that a stiffer front bar
> will not increase understeer so I'm treading lightly and the car won't
> getting any track time soon; the winter tires are going on.
Heh. Sounds like I ought to order the 28 mm bar and attaching parts.
I take it, Linda at Carlsen is the place to go ... roughly what does
a bar and the hardware sell for at the semi-friendly price?
Right now, the '93 seems to oversteer slightly in a 60 mph cloverleaf
exit ramp. In this same turn, the '86 5kCSTQ would understeer when
pushed to the very limit. I think I ought to push the V8 a bit harder
a few times through this turn and see what it does.
- Charlie
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http://elektro.cmhnet.org/~charlie/ Columbus Ohio USA
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