Re: Sways Bars....Not good? (longish)

[Hulda Jowett <hjowett@mcla.mass.edu>]

Ummmm... weight transfers regardless of swaybar size... the only way to 
significantly reduce weight transfer is to widen the track of the 
vehicle, lower it, reduce the overall weight, or drive slower around the 
corner. ;)

Swaybars reduce the body roll that pushes the MacPherson Strut into 
positive camber, which gives you less traction. Stiffer springs can also be 
used to acomplish this, but then you run into the problem of to stiff a 
spring causing the wheel to lose contact with the road over bumps. Again, 
less traction, less grip. From what I've read, the swaybars should be 
used to control 25 - 50% of the roll, the springs take the rest.

Later,

Brian