RocketcarX
95% of my weight is fuel
How much weight transfer are you giving up when switching to "drag" springs like the BMR or Cobra Jet springs and keeping the front sway bar?
I'm trying to draw some lines with my car as far as what is realistic and is "livable" in my quest to build a street legal drag week style car I can race with my son in the years to come.
When I say "lines" I mean I have no A/C, no radio, or even seat belts in the back seat (my son's car seat doesn't need them to anchor). The car is the full BMR suspension with heim joints out back, the only urethane being the front control arms and motor mounts.
Now for the "compromises". Still has fully functioning air bags, power seats, heat, and power everything. eventually I'll ditch the PS and factory front seats, but you get the idea.
The reason I'm sort of laying this out is to figure out if I should just go right to ditching the front sway bar, or can I just set it on the softest adjustment and put the Race Stars on and go racing? My concern is predictable handing during real world situations, emergency braking, evasive maneuvers, etc. Driving slower through corners doesn't bother me, the older I get the less I am in such a hurry to get where I'm going (this may also be proportionate to the amount of deer I've hit out here).
So if I can ditch it for maximum effect and the car is livable and "safe", I'd just as soon toss to for the sake of weight reduction, however this thing has been a lesson in compromise, so there is that too...I would still keep the rear sway bar of course, it's a basic aftermarket performance replacement, later I'll be going to the BMR adjustable deal.
I'm trying to draw some lines with my car as far as what is realistic and is "livable" in my quest to build a street legal drag week style car I can race with my son in the years to come.
When I say "lines" I mean I have no A/C, no radio, or even seat belts in the back seat (my son's car seat doesn't need them to anchor). The car is the full BMR suspension with heim joints out back, the only urethane being the front control arms and motor mounts.
Now for the "compromises". Still has fully functioning air bags, power seats, heat, and power everything. eventually I'll ditch the PS and factory front seats, but you get the idea.
The reason I'm sort of laying this out is to figure out if I should just go right to ditching the front sway bar, or can I just set it on the softest adjustment and put the Race Stars on and go racing? My concern is predictable handing during real world situations, emergency braking, evasive maneuvers, etc. Driving slower through corners doesn't bother me, the older I get the less I am in such a hurry to get where I'm going (this may also be proportionate to the amount of deer I've hit out here).
So if I can ditch it for maximum effect and the car is livable and "safe", I'd just as soon toss to for the sake of weight reduction, however this thing has been a lesson in compromise, so there is that too...I would still keep the rear sway bar of course, it's a basic aftermarket performance replacement, later I'll be going to the BMR adjustable deal.