Re: Type 44 rear away bar

[ekellock@juno.com]

I have BTDT experience to support this on my CGT.

I added a rear bar from ADDCO.  The car still understeered AND began to
handle in
a very non-linear manner, kind of like when the inside rear wheel of my
'83 GTI
would lift in the middle of a turn, except more abrupt.

I still have that rear bar (uninstalled) if anyone wants further
verification of this.

Ed Kellock
Woodland Park, CO
91 V8Q 5-speed
87 Coupe GT
both tackle the Ute Pass commute to Colorado Springs with ample brio
the V8 gets about 16 mpg round trip, 24 miles down, 24 miles up
the CGT manages 22 mpg for the same trip.  Wow.
And I ain't babyin' it neither... (either one actually)
I still want my turbo back.

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 22:07:39 -0500 Eric Fletcher <steadi@swbell.net>
writes:
> on 10/22/99 8:17 AM, Eric_R_Kissell@email.whirlpool.com wrote:
> 
> > Now I am not saying whether or not a rear bar will improve a
> > Type 44, just that I cannot figure out why a rear stabilizer
> > bar would not continue to add stiffness to the rear suspension
> > regardless of whether or not the inside rear wheel gets lifted
> > into the air due to chasis flex and roll.
> > 
> > Can anyone explain any errors in my thinking about force
> > transmission via a rear stabilizer bar from the spring on the
> > lightly loaded inside wheel to the loaded outside wheel?
> 
> 
> Well this is where everyone gets confused.
> 
> Roll bars transfer weight CROSS-Chassis. Turn right and get the car 
> rolling,
> where is that weight being transferred by the rear bar.  To the left
> (Outside) FRONT wheel.  Now since in a type 44 that wheel is already 
> lightly
> loaded that weight must be transferred to the front outside wheel.
> 
> If the front is already overloaded and falling over on it's self and 
> is
> positive camber what do you think it's going to do?  SLIP, what's 
> slip?
> UNDERSTEER....
> 
> That's why I suggest that folks not install a rear roll bar and look 
> to
> where the problem is, the Front....
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Eric Fletcher
> Been doing the suspension thing for way too long.
> 

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