Has anyone Auto X with both bars on full stiff and/or front full soft and rear stiff? How does the car handle? too sensitive?

Thinking of changing to one of the two settings for next event

 

Again, the settings you end up using will all depend on your EXACT setup, including alignment, etc. I presently run full stiff front and full soft rear. Sometiomes it needs to be adjusted depending on the surface grip, but my setup is unique from anyone else's here ...

and I generally don't have to use the hex key unless the threads get boogered up on the endlink studs. The nut will usually tighten down without the hex if the threads are in good shape, at least they do for me. I've noted before that I don't like the OE endlinks because it uses a hex key rather than a hex head, but still have not put together a good set of heims, not enough hours in the day or days in the week lately ...

sounds like maybe you had the wrong hex I think there is a 5.5mm size, but I'm not entirely sure which one the endlink uses, I just use the hex wrench that fits in there tight you don't have to go ***** out on tightening it down either, if you do sooner or later you'll strip or gall the stud threads, ask me how I know

 

naw my key was right it fit like a glove. perhaps i will also invest in a combination wrench with a 6 point box end instead of 12. one of these days i should pick up some awr links as well.

so i guess you replaced your jacked up endlink with another stocker?

 

I'm intending to, I actually forgot about it until yesterday, ran two events with it like that

 

If you sleep for 2 hours every 8 hours you will have more time in your day than you know what to do with...takes about 3 weeks to adjust to it tho...

 

damn abbid im jealous. i hope mine come today too

 

I'll break them in for you if you'd like.

 

i ordered my front sway yesterday, but the rear is out of stock... is anyone else waiting for them to come in? if so, how long have you been waiting?

any other recommended vendors?

also: props to polak for the discount code, that was awesome <3

 

I had to wait for my PT sways for about 4 weeks...they had the same "out-of-stock" issue a couple of months ago when I ordered...but it was worth the wait...especially after my Tanabe nightmare...I thought I'd never get a rear bar on her.

 

order from www.neverenoughauto.com i believe they have bars in stock. great people too

 

dammit abbid im jealous! my bars still didnt come in! im crossing for today tho since test n tune is tomorrow

 

my bars arrived today, installed them as soon as i got home from work. took a tiny bit less than 4 hours. the single thing that took up the most time was the 2 plastic clips at the back of the undertray. they just wouldnt come out, i didnt want to cut them out but i ended up doing that anyway cuz it took too long. pain in the *** number 2 was wiggling the stock bar out. its like a puzzle, u bust ur brains figuring it out, then u can do it no sweat lol

tomorrow is test n tune. i hope to dial in the sways. i also hope teamrx8's method of adjustment works for me, but maybe ill bring a jack just in case.

 

It is like the hidden item in a picture, once you see them you can't help but see them.

 

anybody here have these bars on a stock rx8? i wonder how a stock rx8 set to full soft would behave...oversteer? understeer? neutral?

 

mine will be an otherwise stock with these sways, what else have you done?

 

ive got coilovers, rpf1s, azenis, thats the bigger things


i had a test n tune today. i cant figure out for the life of me how the heck you use different holes on each side of the front bar with the OEM endlinks. im pretty sure you'll need adjustable endlinks to pull this off. if im wrong, please explain!

 

I believe you need adjustable endlinks that way you can line things up with out putting the endlink through some serious crap..
I have both Front / Rear Agency Power endlinks. (Btw, only the fronts are adjustable. You dont need to adjustables in the rear.) I am pleased with the over all design & performance.

You can check them out through my sig..

 

I've been able to use all the front bar holes with non-adjustable endlinks, sometimes one might be hard, but generally the holes are large enough and on a horizontal plane and the endlinks long enough to accomodate getting them into different positions

the rear is different though, you'll need to take them both loose first, then put them in the same positions without adjustable endlinks

otherwise enough with the worrying and theory, get out there and acquire some practical experience

 

you can preload the bar to whatever you want. just jack the front assembly up while you push the endlink into the holes.

Endlnks are subjected to a pulling force, not a rotational one. It doesnt matter what direction they are facing for them to do their job.

That being said, the weakest part of the endlink is going to be the screw and its possibility of it being sheared under load. The endlink itself could be 3 inches thick, but it wouldnt matter if it used stock size bolts to connect to the swaybar.

 

i thought preloading the bar is typically undesirable. seems that adjustable endlinks would be the way to go.

 

preloading?

I just threw the em on there.. Hmmm. Ha Ha

 

the preload in this case is in the operational direction of the swaybar.

Therefore the load would be placed on the springs which is where it goes anyways.

 

Jul 24, 2007 2:57 AM
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BROCKTON, MA

Jul 20, 2007 10:23 PM
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this is going to be the longest afternoon ever

my rear hasn't even shipped yet, how bad is it to put on my front sways without the rear, given that i keep to daily driving? i almost want to wait just to have the full contrast/compare drive

 

nothing bad will happen, just beware of oversteer

 

actually youll have to beware of understeer. no harm in putting the front bar in first besides that. itll save u time later if you have it now. the rear bar can be done with the wheels on the car and takes less than an hour.