Get this political discussion BS out of here!
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Originally Posted by Maxim
I've experienced this plenty. WRX guys are always trying to "fix" their understeer-prone front heavy cars. They tighten up the rear sway bar, they get more oversteer....but they haven't changed the amount of front grip, which means the only thing it accomplished is the rear of the car is letting go sooner.
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While I agree with you that many throw on a big rear swaybar and do not necessarily make the car faster, a rear swaybar
does improve front grip...it doesn't just remove rear grip. If the rear has some grip to spare and understeer is a problem...improving front grip through a rear bar while slightly reducing rear grip may result in a net improvement in total grip. Of course all of that depends on a lot of factors and throwing on a massive bar with no thought usually doesn't work out well.
I do not expect much difference between the two cars in terms of numbers at least. We do plan to measure spring rates for both and shock dyno both cars dampers though.
- Andrew