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Old Dec 22, 2007 | 06:50 AM
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Understeer, oversteer, or nuetral

I have the Sport model. I know the our cars have a 50/50 wight distribution, but I'm considering a rear sway bar from Racing Beat. Will that make the car have too much oversteer?

If so, then I may consider front and rear bars. I don't like the excessive body roll and rear would take care of that, but I will be doing about 2-3 HPDE days per year and don't want to have the rear coming around too easily. But I would rather be loose than be pushing all day long.

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Old Dec 22, 2007 | 08:44 AM
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You'd need both front and rear. The car is rather neutral as is, and the rear steps out easily under trail braking. Add only a rear bar and you're going to have too much oversteer under all conditions (LTO, trailbrake, power on, etc.).

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Old Dec 22, 2007 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by SouthFL
You'd need both front and rear. The car is rather neutral as is, and the rear steps out easily under trail braking. Add only a rear bar and you're going to have too much oversteer under all conditions (LTO, trailbrake, power on, etc.).
+1, i'd upgrade both front and rear to Racing Beat bars. RB does a good job and a lot of testing to make cars balanced. Get both F&R.

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Old Dec 22, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Optical TDI
I have the Sport model. I know the our cars have a 50/50 wight distribution, but I'm considering a rear sway bar from Racing Beat. Will that make the car have too much oversteer?
Yes, it will oversteer way too much. Get your sway bars in matched pairs, front & rear. An option would be to get adjustable bars (Progress, Agency Power or Whiteline) and you can change the balance of the car.

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If so, then I may consider front and rear bars. I don't like the excessive body roll and rear would take care of that, but I will be doing about 2-3 HPDE days per year and don't want to have the rear coming around too easily. But I would rather be loose than be pushing all day long.
I find the car to be neutral to the point that you can induce under or oversteer when you want.
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Old Dec 22, 2007 | 02:30 PM
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^+1 for looking into adjustable sways.

^+1 for the car being neutral that you can under/oversteer whenever.
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Old Dec 22, 2007 | 04:34 PM
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Thanks. I've come from FWD cars and a rear sway bar only is a must to dial out understeer. So, it must be different with this car. I can't wait to get used to RWD again. My last RWD car was a 1987 RX-7 Turbo II, so it's been awhile.
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