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solidONE · 03-09-2020, 05:11 PM

@M0nk3y I kinda expected that response, "it works." But I wanted to see what was the thought behind going with the larger front bar. Is it for the adjustments mainly or is there a preference for charateristics of a stiffer front bar? Thanks for the explanation.

The calculations is to help with part selection. Dialing in the parts to work together is a lot of experimentation and feel. Everyone is a bit different preferences in feel during different parts of the turn. For instance @maregt had 3 different settings he tested. Just from his description I can say I probably wont like his #2 setup with the 6k/8k springs as much compared to #1 or #3, but that's his preference and likely suits his driving best.

I do agree with your thought on spring and damping balance. Though I've found more damping pressure may feel great at higher loads and speeds, but on low load/high frequency stuff you will be compromising. Which obviously not a top priority for your uses. More of a consideration for traction than for comfort. I'm sure there are magical piston valving that can do it all. Like a Ohlins high frequency piston with digressive shimming, or a penske regressive if you have the means and time to dial something like that in, but that way to hardcore and costly. Fancy parts you need fancy money and a fancy amount of time to get right. For now I'm trying to make basic part perform fancy.

The tire wear comment is entirely unrelated, just something I've been trying to troubleshoot and to share my experience with the only modification to the sway bar I've done in the past. Did not have the result I wanted with the 19mm Perrin with OE damper and spring, but I'm trying to talk myself into putting it back in I guess. Maybe there are things I have not tried with them that will work better to my liking.

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solidONE Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: FR-S Whiteout Location: California Posts: 2,863 Thanks: 1,808 Thanked 791 Times in 611 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	@M0nk3y I kinda expected that response, "it works." But I wanted to see what was the thought behind going with the larger front bar. Is it for the adjustments mainly or is there a preference for charateristics of a stiffer front bar? Thanks for the explanation. The calculations is to help with part selection. Dialing in the parts to work together is a lot of experimentation and feel. Everyone is a bit different preferences in feel during different parts of the turn. For instance @maregt had 3 different settings he tested. Just from his description I can say I probably wont like his #2 setup with the 6k/8k springs as much compared to #1 or #3, but that's his preference and likely suits his driving best. I do agree with your thought on spring and damping balance. Though I've found more damping pressure may feel great at higher loads and speeds, but on low load/high frequency stuff you will be compromising. Which obviously not a top priority for your uses. More of a consideration for traction than for comfort. I'm sure there are magical piston valving that can do it all. Like a Ohlins high frequency piston with digressive shimming, or a penske regressive if you have the means and time to dial something like that in, but that way to hardcore and costly. Fancy parts you need fancy money and a fancy amount of time to get right. For now I'm trying to make basic part perform fancy. The tire wear comment is entirely unrelated, just something I've been trying to troubleshoot and to share my experience with the only modification to the sway bar I've done in the past. Did not have the result I wanted with the 19mm Perrin with OE damper and spring, but I'm trying to talk myself into putting it back in I guess. Maybe there are things I have not tried with them that will work better to my liking. __________________ Intent > Content cowardice is the mother of cruelty. Last edited by solidONE; 03-09-2020 at 06:15 PM.