Originally Posted by
Tekin Prodigy
Can someone elaberate on their personal experience running a softer sway bar on the front of the T4, or even t3, like a 1.3 instead of a 1.4 standard bar. Im looking for more steering and trying to figure out if this is the route I want to go. Thank you
Generally when changing sway bars it will effect the opposite end of the car.
Think of it this way.
If you are running equal bars both front and rear the roll of the car is the same allowing for equal cross weight distribution.
If you thicken just the front bar up you make the front of the car roll flatter and also allows the cross weight to transfer more to the inside rear wheel allowing it to stay more in contact with the track which in turn gives you more rear traction VIA the inside rear tire.
Now if you go to a thinner front bar it allows the front of the car to roll more. Which in turn lessens the amount of cross weight transfer to the inside rear tire and in turn taking rear traction away. This makes it seem like you have more steering due to the loss of rear traction hence the reason you should not go to a softer front bar if your car is on the edge of being too free.
Also if you do this and you do not feel these changes or it feels like a thinner front bar gave you more steering you are probably on too soft a front spring and the car is using the bar as a spring rate which IMO is bad.
All this being said I generally find setups with big front bars and thin rear bars easier to drive constantly.