Nissan 370Z Forum - Install rear sway or keep stock?

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- - Install rear sway or keep stock? (http://www.the370z.com/track-autocross-drifting-dragstrip/84803-install-rear-sway-keep-stock.html)

BuckeyeZ

08-30-2014 09:21 AM

I think you are moving in the right direction. I am still searching for a Hotchkis front bar and a Nismo rear. Seems to be the best balance from the more experienced racers.....

clintfocus

08-30-2014 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 2947905)

Pulling this thread back.

Have the Hotchkis bars front and back. The front is planted with the Hotchkis bar and my alignment settings. The rear with with the Hotchkis bar set at full soft. The Z is tail happy. :eek: Had slides yesterday during my trackday. Had one really big that I thought that I wasn't going to be able to come out of. :eek: There was a Mustang that followed me. And he thought that I was trying to drift around the track. LOL :driving: So with what I learned. I'm whiching back to the stock rear bar.

told ya :P

Rusty

08-30-2014 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by clintfocus (Post 2948076)

told ya :P

I know, but had to try it. Wanted to see what the Z felled like.

nomodsjk

08-30-2014 04:20 PM

This is an awesome thread guys. Thanks for teaching me something today!

Jerggy13

09-01-2014 04:14 PM

Had an interesting thought. Earlier this week I was working on a friends 2009 g35x. We were intalling new sway bar end links and bushings on the front of his car. Noticed that his sway bar is significantly bigger than the one on the front of the Z. Has anyone tried the sedan sway bar on the z or know if it would fit.

Under my Z
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-o...o/IMG_4578.JPG

and a stock g37x sway bar on ebay
2013 Infiniti G37X AWD Sedan Front Sway Bar End Links Assy V36 VQ37 7055 | eBay

Zauskycop

09-01-2014 07:56 PM

Looking at the thickness of a bar means absolutely nothing.

1. Is it hollow or solid?
2. If hollow, what is the wall thickness?
3. How far from the pivot point are the ends?
4. How far from the pivot point do the endlinks hook up?
5. How thick is the bar (lastly!)

There are other small things, such as metal used, bushings, etc... But those are some very important parts. Geometry plays a far more important part than just thickness of a bar. For example, (and I don't know the answer to this) I know that everyone says that the Hotchkis bar is the thickest, but I believe is it also longer from the swaybar mount to the endlink mount. I have a Whiteline and am VERY happy thought it is "only" 27mm...but it has a much shorter arm length.

What you REALLY need is the motion ratio...IE how many lbs to flex the bar one inch. THAT tells you truly how stiff a bar is. We really need that information to truly assess which bar is the stiffest...

Tracy Ramsey

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