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Originally Posted by SHG_Mike
Its seems pretty neutral, but I havent taken it to the track or autox yet. I dont care what anyone says, there is no way to really feel out a car on the street unless you are extremely stupid or extremely illegal.... or both.
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+1 on that...i couldn't tell any difference with the car after i installed the rear anti-sway bar until i brought it to an autocross course...
i guess i'm just trying to get a feel for what the balance is with certain spring rates
what if your car is *god forbid* too loose once you install the arb?
are you going to buy the progress one or try to fab one yourself?
i have stock springs and been to one autocross with the progress rear arb, and it feels 100x better than without it. i can just lift to get the car to rotate. i used to have to be very dramatic with the inputs to get the rear end to go anywhere, but now it's not the case. I think I want the car to be a little looser though so I can turn harder while accelerating out of a turn and be on the throttle earlier. the arb already pushed my throttle point a lot earlier which I was really happy about. it also made my lines much smoother
have you had any experience with stiffening up the car after you installed an arb. my thoughts are that if a car is stiffened with the same arb, the effectiveness of the arb will decrease (relatively). cause the difference in displacement of the two wheels will be smaller with stiffer springs which therefore decreases the force of the arb on the wheels. what are your thoughts on this? is there a point where an arb would not be useful anymore since the springs are already so stiff?
i really wish there was a way to test out a setup before buying...
i'm thinking about 7kg/mm front and 9kg/mm rear springs (when i get around to it). i know it will be really stiff on the street(megan streets have stiffer so i think these should be decent), but i'm thinking this will really improve the grip and balance w/ the koni yellows when they come out. i want to test to see at what rear spring rates does my car start three-wheeling and when it starts three-wheeling (braking/coasting/accelerating). once the car starts three wheeling there's no point in stiffening up anymore...right?
what kind of brake pads/fluid do you use?