Hotchkis Sway bar settings?
This is what I got from the sales ad:
Front 1 3/8" (35MM) Hollow (Bar Weight 13.5lbs) 3 Position Adjustable Rate Increase over stock +9%,+32%,+63% Rear 15/16"(24mm) Hollow (bar weight 5.5lbs) 3 Position Adjustable Rate Increase over stock +54%,+92%,+146%
What I wanted to know is for all those people out there what settings are you running and why?
Front 1 3/8" (35MM) Hollow (Bar Weight 13.5lbs) 3 Position Adjustable Rate Increase over stock +9%,+32%,+63% Rear 15/16"(24mm) Hollow (bar weight 5.5lbs) 3 Position Adjustable Rate Increase over stock +54%,+92%,+146%
What I wanted to know is for all those people out there what settings are you running and why?
med/med provides the biggest improvement over stock. Anything stiffer in the front will create understeer from what i understand and anything stiffer in the rear will create more oversteer.
Note that running the sways really stiff will start to effect the independance of the suspension.
Full stiff in rear will cause the inside tire to lift making the patheticness of the VLSD moreso.
IMO, med rear offers the best gains unless you're looking for softer ride then run soft rear.
Full stiff front will start to feedback into the steering wheel but seems to result better Solo2 times when running non staggered (245/40 all round).
With stock tires, I found med front offered the best balance with med rear.
Full stiff in rear will cause the inside tire to lift making the patheticness of the VLSD moreso.
IMO, med rear offers the best gains unless you're looking for softer ride then run soft rear.
Full stiff front will start to feedback into the steering wheel but seems to result better Solo2 times when running non staggered (245/40 all round).
With stock tires, I found med front offered the best balance with med rear.
Its not that hard to change it up so I would recommend trying a few different settings. I started at med/med but am now running soft/med. The car still felt like it wanted to push through the corners with the front bar on medium and 245/275 tires.
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I'm currently running stiff front/med rear. I'm still getting pretty sharp turn in, with a smooth rotation of the rear when exiting corners hard. I drive mostly with the VDC off so the understeer noticably less with these settings and not overly dangerous with oversteer. I'll be auto-x'ing this weekend and may play with the settings a bit and see which works best under all out driving. The sway bars alone definitely changed the feel of the car with my stock suspension. Just my opinion!
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