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Old 07-17-2002, 05:47 PM
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There are two ways to control sway on a car. Stiff springs or lighter springs with a sway bar. If you run real stiff springs the car will not roll but will ride pretty rough. Sway bars allow you to run lighter springs all around and still control body roll.

Dennis Oltoff gave a few pointers on sway bars at the DSCC meeting. He recommended a larger sway bar on the rear for Cobras to help with oversteer.

I have a 1" up front with Hal Coilovers and 350# rate springs. In the rear my car has a custom fiberglass transverse leaf spring(1985 vette suspension) and a 3/4" sway bar. IMHO the car handles very smooth on a road course but you can still cause oversteer with your right toe. Oh yeah I do not have a B&B. It is a Hunter car but I like the B&B
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