Sway Bar Database
08-17-2006, 07:48 AM
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Question. I know on my FWD Honda Prelude most people said it was really only necessary to install a rear sway to help with handling, mostly to make the rear-end rotate. Is that the case with the Z as well? Is it worth it to upgrade both the front and back?
08-17-2006, 07:50 AM
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totally different platforms - the Z really handles best with both front and rear. Both together help reduce body roll substantially, front helps turn in, rear helps over "bite"
08-18-2006, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Z1 Performance
totally different platforms - the Z really handles best with both front and rear. Both together help reduce body roll substantially, front helps turn in, rear helps over "bite"
11-29-2006, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by GTNPU Z
I ran into a question today about sways & I think we should include information on what exhaust systems fit & cannot fit with particular sways.
I'll be the first...
Hotchkis: Fits with Fujitsubo Legalis-R, Borla TD, Nismo, HKS Hi-Power Duals, Injen
Thanks!
I'll be the first...
Hotchkis: Fits with Fujitsubo Legalis-R, Borla TD, Nismo, HKS Hi-Power Duals, Injen
Thanks!
12-07-2006, 07:12 AM
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stiffness: 9-32-63 / 54-92-146%; both 5-way [4]
So when it says 146% stiffer for the hotchkis does it mean is the multiplier 1.46 or 2.46(246%)?
i.e when the stiffness is lets say, 10, using the hotchkis rear at the stiffest will be 10 x 1.46 or 10 x 2.46?
So when it says 146% stiffer for the hotchkis does it mean is the multiplier 1.46 or 2.46(246%)?
i.e when the stiffness is lets say, 10, using the hotchkis rear at the stiffest will be 10 x 1.46 or 10 x 2.46?
03-11-2007, 05:55 PM
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I have the h&r front and rear sways and have been running them for about 3 months. They are solid i think cause they are way heavy, more than stock at least. The differance is night and day though. I have stock suspension and there is very little body roll in the front on the lightest setting and in the rear on the hardest setting there it is obsolete. how ever my car is stripped so it might be different with some weight. The bushings the come with are kick *** too. I havent even greassed them yet and still no noise.
03-23-2007, 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Cloud
stiffness: 9-32-63 / 54-92-146%; both 5-way [4]
So when it says 146% stiffer for the hotchkis does it mean is the multiplier 1.46 or 2.46(246%)?
i.e when the stiffness is lets say, 10, using the hotchkis rear at the stiffest will be 10 x 1.46 or 10 x 2.46?
So when it says 146% stiffer for the hotchkis does it mean is the multiplier 1.46 or 2.46(246%)?
i.e when the stiffness is lets say, 10, using the hotchkis rear at the stiffest will be 10 x 1.46 or 10 x 2.46?
03-29-2007, 03:02 PM
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http://www.whiteline.com.au/docs/bul...%20Swaybar.pdf
Here's an interesting read.
It confirms my findings of the hollow bars not having anywhere near the stiffness of the solid bars.
Here's an interesting read.
It confirms my findings of the hollow bars not having anywhere near the stiffness of the solid bars.
03-29-2007, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by daveh
http://www.whiteline.com.au/docs/bul...%20Swaybar.pdf
Here's an interesting read.
It confirms my findings of the hollow bars not having anywhere near the stiffness of the solid bars.
Here's an interesting read.
It confirms my findings of the hollow bars not having anywhere near the stiffness of the solid bars.
the ONLY way to know what is stiffer, or not, is to measure it...and that takes some expensive machinary. Anything short of that is purely a guess
While my preference is solid bars as well for my own cars, I could not say which bars have the stiffest overall rates as it's beyond what I can measure here
03-29-2007, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Z1 Performance
not for nothing but what you expect a manufacturer who sells solid bars to say?
the ONLY way to know what is stiffer, or not, is to measure it...and that takes some expensive machinary. Anything short of that is purely a guess
While my preference is solid bars as well for my own cars, I could not say which bars have the stiffest overall rates as it's beyond what I can measure here
the ONLY way to know what is stiffer, or not, is to measure it...and that takes some expensive machinary. Anything short of that is purely a guess
While my preference is solid bars as well for my own cars, I could not say which bars have the stiffest overall rates as it's beyond what I can measure here