Disconnecting Rear Sway Bar

240se · 05-29-2018, 01:55 PM

So I did remove the passenger side end link and wrapped the bar with blue painters tape so I could tell if it was rubbing. I drove it for a week and felt or heard nothing to indicate it was contacting the camber arm but when I looked at the painters tape it had been rubbed off in a spot. I do have a soft suspension setup with stock sport/base springs, Konis set to almost full soft at the rear and 50% at the front and a Eibach front bar. It seemed to only lightly rub and may not rub with stiffer springs or shock settings.

Regardless, I could feed in much more throttle exiting turns and I felt that even 1st gear traction accelerating in a straight line was better. I put the end link back on but if I go with stiffer springs in the future or find myself at a rainy track day I may pull it off again.

Hotrodz · 05-29-2018, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 240se

So I did remove the passenger side end link and wrapped the bar with blue painters tape so I could tell if it was rubbing. I drove it for a week and felt or heard nothing to indicate it was contacting the camber arm but when I looked at the painters tape it had been rubbed off in a spot. I do have a soft suspension setup with stock sport/base springs, Konis set to almost full soft at the rear and 50% at the front and a Eibach front bar. It seemed to only lightly rub and may not rub with stiffer springs or shock settings.

Regardless, I could feed in much more throttle exiting turns and I felt that even 1st gear traction accelerating in a straight line was better. I put the end link back on but if I go with stiffer springs in the future or find myself at a rainy track day I may pull it off again.

If you go with stiffer springs you definitely want to keep it off. I drove the whole week at ZDAYZ with the TC off. I thought I set it to be on at the lower end, but when I checked it was totally off so I left it. That was after driving in the wet on Toyo r888. Call me crazy! Lol

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240se · 05-30-2018, 01:57 PM

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If you go with stiffer springs you definitely want to keep it off. I drove the whole week at ZDAYZ with the TC off. I thought I set it to be on at the lower end, but when I checked it was totally off so I left it. That was after driving in the wet on Toyo r888. Call me crazy! Lol

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You literally have twice as much torque as I do so that is a little crazy. Thanks for the info.

Hotrodz · 05-30-2018, 02:46 PM

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You literally have twice as much torque as I do so that is a little crazy. Thanks for the info.

I'm just old school, for the most part tc scares the hell of me because it confuses me on what I should do!

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Spooler · 05-30-2018, 03:00 PM

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You literally have twice as much torque as I do so that is a little crazy. Thanks for the info.

LOL, no it is not. It get's in the way of learning how to drive the car. Us older guys never had any nannies growing up. Why the heck do we need them now. I also flip off traction control when doing spirited driving on the Dragon. Stupid throttle cut, etc.

Rusty · 05-30-2018, 11:02 PM

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LOL, no it is not. It get's in the way of learning how to drive the car. Us older guys never had any nannies growing up. Why the heck do we need them now. I also flip off traction control when doing spirited driving on the Dragon. Stupid throttle cut, etc.

I even drove with the YAW sensor disconnected.

Spooler · 05-30-2018, 11:57 PM

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I even drove with the YAW sensor disconnected.

Never had any issues with that since installing the OS Giken Diff.

05-29-2018, 01:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
240se Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: VA Posts: 260 Drives: Gunmetal 12' Rep Power: 13	So I did remove the passenger side end link and wrapped the bar with blue painters tape so I could tell if it was rubbing. I drove it for a week and felt or heard nothing to indicate it was contacting the camber arm but when I looked at the painters tape it had been rubbed off in a spot. I do have a soft suspension setup with stock sport/base springs, Konis set to almost full soft at the rear and 50% at the front and a Eibach front bar. It seemed to only lightly rub and may not rub with stiffer springs or shock settings. Regardless, I could feed in much more throttle exiting turns and I felt that even 1st gear traction accelerating in a straight line was better. I put the end link back on but if I go with stiffer springs in the future or find myself at a rainy track day I may pull it off again. Hotrodz likes this.

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