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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 03:06 PM
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Hi Guys,
Any suggestions on how to set up the sways with this set up?

Thanks in advance!
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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 01:08 AM
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I'm not positive, but I believe the Nismo suspension only transfers a little roll stiffness to the rear. Therefore, you'd probably be safe setting the Hotchkis sways to medium front and back as a good starting point.

I have the RSR Ti2000 springs which have almost the same spring rates as stock up front, while being somewhat stiffer in the back. (Nothing extreme.) I originally had my Hotchkis swaybars set F:medium/R:soft, but that still had a little understeer at the limit. I have recently set my Hotchkis to medium front and back, and that seems to have helped quite a bit. Car seems a bit more neutral now. This is on public roads, mind you, so I haven't completely flogged the thing around a track with either configuration. (I tend not to push to the limit too much on public roads.) But so far I'm liking the medium/medium config.
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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 06:14 AM
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Hi Joe,
Thanks for the input! Once the bars arrive, I will take your advice.
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Old Oct 8, 2006 | 08:06 AM
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The front has 4 settings, did you mean 48% front or 82% front, I can understand the rear which has only 3 settings, which would make it 125% for the rear.
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Old Oct 8, 2006 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by RedBird
The front has 4 settings, did you mean 48% front or 82% front, I can understand the rear which has only 3 settings, which would make it 125% for the rear.
I have the previous generation Hotchkis front bar, which only has 3 holes. It's the same bar as the new one, but the new one has that 4th hole added to it. Unfortunatley I'm not sure which 3 holes on the new bar corespond to the 3 holes on the old bar. On my 3-hole front swaybar, I went with the middle.
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 02:51 PM
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Thanks!
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