Hotchkis v.s. Stillen Sway Bars?

Team_STILLEN · 05-04-2016, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Wonka2581

Hmmm... See that's my problem.. I cant figure it out. It seems like the stiffer the better.. So in hind sight It seems like the logical answer would be to go with the Hotchkis bars..

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Originally Posted by Eagle

I don't understand either. I daily drive my z34 with a hotchkis upfront and it hasn't made my ride perceivably worse. Its just improved the handling

Ride quality/comfort is subjective. I personally can't stand the ride in a Lotus Exige for the street, but my buddy loves it and thinks it is plenty comfortable. The stiffer bars reduce roll more, but that does not always mean your limits are inherently increased.

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Originally Posted by Rusty

With my set up. Over squared. LOL. Hotchkis front bar and Hotchkis rear bar set on soft. With the 345's on the rear. I need the Hotchkis bar. I track and DD my Nismo. The car stays flat. Alignment setting come into play also. On the front. Camber is -2, Caster is +7, Toe is a hair in. The rear Camber is -1.75, Toe is a hair in. Great turn in, stays mid turn, Sometimes have trouble getting out of the turn because of my LSD diff got hot and giving me fits.

The car gets twitchy at speed. Suits me perect.

Sounds like your suspension is properly set up for the most part. Maybe you just need a Diff cooler now?

Eagle · 05-04-2016, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Team_STILLEN

Ride quality/comfort is subjective. I personally can't stand the ride in a Lotus Exige for the street, but my buddy loves it and thinks it is plenty comfortable. The stiffer bars reduce roll more, but that does not always mean your limits are inherently increased.

Sounds like your suspension is properly set up for the most part. Maybe you just need a Diff cooler now?

True it can be subjective. Although after hitting the canyons and tracking the car for the past 18 months, I would say the limits have been pushed.

I'm running stock suspension and reduction in body roll was very noticeable after the upgrade. The z did not feel like it was understeering as bad as it was before.

Fast forward to sept 2015, I started running a square 18 in wheel setup with 275's all around. Adding this to the mix further improved turn in, rotation and reduced the understeer inheirent from the factory staggered setup. With wider tires up front than the 245's I had before, the sway bar keeps more front tire on the pavement under hard cornering and I am now seeing a definite change in handling. It's snappier and darts around a bit when it catches a groove in the road.

Like I said in my original post, the sway bar should not be affecting compression and dampening that much when putting around town where people might feel like they are riding in a car with higher spring rate springs or coils with a smaller range of compression. The only place where I felt I could really notice the sway bar is in the canyons and the track.

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Rusty · 05-04-2016, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Team_STILLEN

Ride quality/comfort is subjective. I personally can't stand the ride in a Lotus Exige for the street, but my buddy loves it and thinks it is plenty comfortable. The stiffer bars reduce roll more, but that does not always mean your limits are inherently increased.

Sounds like your suspension is properly set up for the most part. Maybe you just need a Diff cooler now?

A Wavetec is in the cards with a cooler maybe.