Saw Sam Straono(Stranoparts.com) this past weekend and he now has Addco CT1( 1 3/8" solid) front bars in stock.He has reduced the price because they were delivered with only one link hole.The good news is the hole is the soft setting one and that is the one we have found works best and what we used at the Peru(concrete) and DC(asphalt) Pros.The bar fits stock bushings and end links.
Jim and Carter T.
contact Sam at www.strano@stranoparts.com

 

I've got one. Highly recommended.

We've got a second hole drilled in ours, though I think we're still on the softest setting as well though.

 

refresh on the difference between the 350evo bar. I searched but it doesn't like CT-1 as a term. Also did you guys switch to the 285/30 V710's? If so how were the results.

 

CT1 is a 1 3/8" solid bar. I believe the 350 Evo bar is a 1 1/4" solid bar.

 

couldnt find it on the website. is it listed yet? price?

 

Suggest you email Sam at :
www.strano@stranoparts.com
I think Sam said the price would be about $150.

 

Cool name for a sway bar

CT

 

Doesn't 1 3/8" work out to 35mm?

Cusco has had a 35mm solid double adjustable front bar out for quite awhile now, though I can't tell how it may differ from the CT-1 lever arm distance wise.

 

I just purchased the Cusco bar, it arrives tomorrow. Driving impressions to follow. Time to change the ole tire pressure to make up for the new and improved understeer!

 

Yes the CT1 is approx 35mm. The Cusco 35mm bar is a hollow bar.The CT1 is a solid bar and therefore stiffer.

 

Cusco is solid. I used to have the setup.

 

If the Cusco is solid then it is same as the CT1 with equal lever arm. When we had the proto type 1 3/8" (35mm) solid bar made there was nothing that big on the market and the Cusco at that time was a hollow bar.
Regarding our setup.....everything we have done has been directed at:
1.Reducing understeer
2.Reducing rear wheel spin

The big bar is just one part of the equation.

 

In my experience, front sways do not reduce understeer...... I assume you compensated with damping force and tire pressure, along with misc. other ideas. ?

 

On camber challenged cars a bigger FSB can help reduce understeer as it controls camber loss. The Subi's and Mustangs also rotate better with a larger front bar. You can go to far but it does work on some strut cars with weak camber curves.

 

I run my evo bar on full stiff with stock shocks. do you think this is too much bar? I had a convo with mike a while back and he said there are always going to be some benefits and drawbacks with each..

 

I was under the impression that a majority of the Z owners run their front sways on soft, and that would infer to me that it is because of the added understeer. I am unsure of my personal plans when my Cusco bar arrives today....

Mustangs..... haha.... do you consider the 350Z's suspension geometry 'weak'? (and no comparisons to Mazda! haha)

 

What do YOU think, as the driver? Are you pushing? What tires and tire pressures are you running with this setup?

 

"soft" is relative to stock.

I would consider the 350z suspension weak, its as good as a 30 year old mustang design. Any company that does not see fit to give you any front camber adjustment has no love for racing.

 

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Stock vs. stock, you see the 'Ring times?? (350 vs. 8) hehe

 

Oh wow on a high power track the 350z is fast. Did you see the 2005 solo natls results where not ONE 350Z even got a trophy. Solo is handling not HP.

btw in SCCA club racing they are not even in the same class, 350Z=T2 RX8=T3, but in autox the are together. So that must mean guys that autox RX8s are better drivers than the 350z guys or the RX8 handles better than the high powered Z.