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benifits of larger front sway bar...VS

Discussion in 'VR - VS Holden Commodore (1993 - 1997)' started by jas98, Oct 4, 2008.

  1. jas98

    jas98 Active Member

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    hey what would the benefits of a 28 mm front sway bar do to a VS commodore?

    cheers:)
     
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    28mm, umm i think it causes nor accurate steering and oversteer.
     
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    ive got a whiteline sway bar car corners flat and no understeer feeling when cornering at high speeds
     
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    how much did that set ya back
     
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    cant remember but wasnt much i got them from gslrallysport
     
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    hmm may go to work and bend sum bar into shape with the oxy
     
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    ah ok guys thanks

    reason why i asking is cause some guy has a few for sale on e bay (brand new) he did have 30 of them but think he sold a fair few....hes only asking 40 bucks each now (was 70 a while ago) they were supposed to go to NZ but the order fell through or something
     
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    Thicker swaybars allow you to reduce body roll, while not sacrificing ride comfort. They're a good alternative to linear springs.

    If you go too thick in the front, you get understeer - too thick in the back, you get oversteer. :)

    eg: I like my car to tend toward oversteer in heavy cornering, as IRS isn't as twitchy as live axle, so I run a stiffer rear end. If you prefer a little understeer, tune a stiffer front end.
     
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    28mm is a good step up for the front on VS sedans (24mm usually I think).
    Wagons use 26mm std.
    If you find it understeers with the bigger front bar just go a size bigger on the rear.
    Rear bars for solid axle VS's are cheap to pick u in various sizes from most wreckers (any from VB-VS all fit).
    Rear IRS, can't tell you, don't know.
     
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