Stupid Question of the day! Sway Bar?

[White95]

Will a bigger rear sway bar improve my 60' times?
If so whats a good size, 21mm? Currently my 60' times with my 3.4 is 2.2 with tubular and poly bushed LCAs w/ relocation brackets, Panhard rod, Adjustable Torque arm, and Subframe connectors. Would a sway bar be the next step in cutting time off the 60'?

Thanks!

[Nicklz]

Sway bars are meant to prevent the vehicle form leaning in corners (side to side). I'm 99.9% sure there wouldn't be any benefit in drag racing.
I'd buy some super sticky tires for the rear, if you don't already have them.

[hawgs]

Originally posted by Nicklz:
Sway bars are meant to prevent the vehicle form leaning in corners (side to side). I'm 99.9% sure there wouldn't be any benefit in drag racing.
I'd buy some super sticky tires for the rear, if you don't already have them.

:buzzer sound: WRONG!

Yes a bigger rear sway bar can help with traction at the strip. A 21MM would be a nice middle ground between street and strip use. It wouldn't be TOO big to make your car want to oversteer but it will help some at the track.

[KBeezy]

Originally posted by hawgs:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Nicklz:
Sway bars are meant to prevent the vehicle form leaning in corners (side to side). I'm 99.9% sure there wouldn't be any benefit in drag racing.
I'd buy some super sticky tires for the rear, if you don't already have them.

:buzzer sound: WRONG!

Yes a bigger rear sway bar can help with traction at the strip. A 21MM would be a nice middle ground between street and strip use. It wouldn't be TOO big to make your car want to oversteer but it will help some at the track. </font>[/QUOTE]Correct. Anything to help stiffen up the rearend is a good thing BUT stiffen it too much you will have one tight *** (literally)....

[V6Bob]

"It (21 rear) wouldn't be TOO big to make your car want to oversteer..."

Disagree. With stock springs a 21 rear will cause oversteer in the very situations when you want oversteer least (emergency swerve, slippery pavement, hard acceleration off a corner).

It's at best marginal on the street, personally I think it's unsafe.

[Ian]

Yea uh, the 19 i put on my car, just a 2mm upgrade, caused my car to oversteer. Bad in rain on highway, bad accelerating out of corners. I put the stocker 17 back in and was fine.

[White95]

Originally posted by V6Bob:
"It (21 rear) wouldn't be TOO big to make your car want to oversteer..."

Disagree. With stock springs a 21 rear will cause oversteer in the very situations when you want oversteer least (emergency swerve, slippery pavement, hard acceleration off a corner).

So don't upgrade swaybars unless I have better springs?

[1DangerousV6]

i dunno...i have a 32mm front..and 22mm rear...and it performs sweet ...both handling on the street and for traction at the track

[KBeezy]

Originally posted by Ian:
Yea uh, the 19 i put on my car, just a 2mm upgrade, caused my car to oversteer. Bad in rain on highway, bad accelerating out of corners. I put the stocker 17 back in and was fine.

True - but you are also using stock size tires. get something fatter on the back and you wont have that problem :D

[1DangerousV6]

yeah i forgot to mention that in my post...switching to wider tires alone does so much...i have 18x40x245 on all 4 ...and am considering going even wider on the rear

[KBeezy]

Originally posted by 1DangerousV6:
yeah i forgot to mention that in my post...switching to wider tires alone does so much...i have 18x40x245 on all 4 ...and am considering going even wider on the rear

The width you're running -- thats stock size :\

[NCState98]

^Pretty close... or it is for a Z.

[93camaro_zzz]

Hey white95, are you installing that LT-1 throttle body yourself? Like doing the modification? If so, tell me how it goes. I am doing mine sometime soon.

[White95]

A friend of Tiago's is moding it for me. I think he posts on the borad here, his name I think is Speed. I'll find out how everything goes in a couple of weeks after I get my manifold back from the machine shop, send it to him, and get it back [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Ian]

stock tires are 235, i have 245's.

upgrading just the rear is a mistake, trust me. but hell, if you dont trust me, try it, youll see. i reviewed my experience with it on my website, if you want to look at that.