Stiff Front Sway Bar Thoughts

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Sway bar controls/restricts lateral weight transfers. It’s not a one size fits all. Driver’s skill, understanding, spring rate, tire size and compound, camber (and the subsequent camber curve) all work toward a result.

Too much weight transfer too quickly (disconnect the front sway), lateral momentum from the direction change will overwhelm the front tires, cause understeer.

Too little weight transfer (bar uber stiff but without grippier tire), then the outer front tire doesn’t get enough downward push, and you can get understeer as well. This is where skills and understanding comes in.

Someone that well versed trail braking and keep weight to the front, pushing the front down while changing direction, left foot brake to manipulate weight transfer during mid corner acceleration, a stiffer bar probably does great even with stock suspension. (Who was the member that drove for motoIQ, forgot his name…)

But for mortals that can’t dissect every milliseconds on the fly while going thru corners at triple digits, results will vary.

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