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Old 01-11-2013, 06:15 PM   #247
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Originally Posted by simpleisbest View Post
Im pretty sure that the Strano bar is 185% vs stock. I remember Sam explained that he didn't like some the industry terminology about sway bar rates and this chose to rate the bar as 85% stiffer than stock, vs x1.85 or 185% of stock. Ironic that his efforts to use clearer terminology led to this confusion...

So on the softer setting the Hotchkis bar would be softer or about the same as the Strano bar...(big assumption!!).
What DXW said is correct, it is 1.85x for the Strano bar hotchkis is 2.70x. Hotchkis advertises 500 ft/lbs for their soft setting. There is no way the stock bar is the better part of 300 lbs/in. The hotchkis bar is not softer than the Strano part.
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