Front Sway Bar Only - Hotchkis VS Whiteline

Jhill

Everyone swears by the Hotchkiss so that’s probably the way you should go. It’s odd though or I guess maybe I am as I just did a track day last month and I tried dialing in some different setups with mine (Stillen) and tried full stiff front and full soft rear and figured if I liked it and wanted more of it then I’d buy the Hotchkiss setup. Kind of glad I tested because I think I just saved myself some money. The Stillen front isn’t rated nearly as stiff as the Hotchkiss and yet the front end just became totally nervous and light like I couldn’t trust the grip and it wanted to push at the same time. Set the front to middle and it was a totally different car the next session and would lean (obviously) and grip. Then tried the rear in the middle and that works too, better on some turns but maybe a little nervous rear on some others. So seems I’ve found my setup but I’m surprised no one thinks the Hotchkiss understeers. I’m still slow and only in group b so maybe it’s just me but I couldn’t find myself going into the turns as hard with the way the steering and balance felt.

Rusty

Mine will understeer on a hard down hill hairpin.

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Jhill

That’s exactly where the rear in mid position on mine showed the biggest improvement. Andretti hairpin the rear helps push the car around, the front full stiff was just too uncomfortable on the hairpin or turn 3 that flat or even off camber and turn 11 that’s tight right before the straight car just felt like it ignored anything I told it. It was really surprising how much influence just one adjustment made.

Maestro666

If I run my Whiteline bar on the stiffest setting with my mps4s on the front I get all sorts of front end nervousness braking into corners. The stock bar is better. With the Nankang semi's on it's a completely different story. Front end fully stiff all the way or else the lean just throws me right off.

Jhill

Interesting, that’s exactly what I was thinking when I chose my bars is I knew I wasn’t running R compounds so I didn’t want to overpower the tires and that’s exactly what I think was happening in stiffest setting. Which is good to know because then if I get a second vehicle I can put R compounds on and adjust it stiffer still. I’m glad I went with the most adjustability in the end.