Met a guy the other day in cam. Car was setup with a watts, front and rear bars, 3600lbs, moton coilovers, 550lb/250lb springs, 315 bfg. What really blew my mind is the guy said he was running a 38mm front sway bar on the 5th setting. He was adamant that this was the only setup stiff enough for the s197 and that all other bars are too soft. My thoughts is that this just takes away mechanical front grip front too stiff a sway bar spring rate?
For reference that bar is 300% stiffer than 2011+ bars, (and 340% stiffer than 3v bars).
My whiteline front bar (33mm, 4 hole) is around (using my own calculator from assumed values): 149%-211% stiffer.
The general eibach bar (35mm 3 hole) gets to 194% stiffer.
In reference to above: 100% value equals a stock 2011+ FSB. ex: 149% equals 49% stiffer. Just to clear things up since people do things differently.
What is everyone elses experiences with FSB settings for autocross?
Edit: To add also for comparison Sam strano's bar only ranges from 108%-147% which is honestly one of the softest bars i've seen.
For reference that bar is 300% stiffer than 2011+ bars, (and 340% stiffer than 3v bars).
My whiteline front bar (33mm, 4 hole) is around (using my own calculator from assumed values): 149%-211% stiffer.
The general eibach bar (35mm 3 hole) gets to 194% stiffer.
In reference to above: 100% value equals a stock 2011+ FSB. ex: 149% equals 49% stiffer. Just to clear things up since people do things differently.
What is everyone elses experiences with FSB settings for autocross?
Edit: To add also for comparison Sam strano's bar only ranges from 108%-147% which is honestly one of the softest bars i've seen.
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