Is RR airbag needed after 1" sway bar install?
03-04-2005, 06:52 PM
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I would ditch the air bag especially with your power level. The bigger anti roll bar will help quite a bit and you can preload the right side to balance out the launch. The air bag would likely hurt your launch if you had the power to slam the air bag and create a bounce from the right rear. I fought that gremilin for quite a while. The air bag is gone and the anti roll bar and shocks do the rest. Good luck!
03-04-2005, 07:57 PM
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Exactly! Never mix a thick aftermarket anti roll bar with an air bag. On my car, it cause a left swerve condition that could have been very dangerous. We got rid of it and the car launches straight on a Wolfe anti roll bar.
03-05-2005, 03:32 PM
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TXCAMSS & Jenibella, you cant preload the 25mm (1") Spohn swaybar. Its not the race version youre thinking of. Its the one right below it.
JaSSoN, if you had a anti-roll bar, then I would say ditch it, but youre still using a stock style sway bar, so keep it. Not sure how much it will help as every car is different, but I too run the same swaybar with the airbag and I leave straight. There squatting in the right rear is minimal now. Couldnt tell you any gains as I didnt log any befores and afters, but it definately helped it from squatting so much on one side.
JaSSoN, if you had a anti-roll bar, then I would say ditch it, but youre still using a stock style sway bar, so keep it. Not sure how much it will help as every car is different, but I too run the same swaybar with the airbag and I leave straight. There squatting in the right rear is minimal now. Couldnt tell you any gains as I didnt log any befores and afters, but it definately helped it from squatting so much on one side.
03-05-2005, 05:16 PM
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Actually you can preload or unload the rear bar. I had the 21mm BMR with the poly bushings prior to going to the Extreme drag bar. I just used a 1 inch piece of 1/4 inch pipe in place of the 1/4 spacer that comes with the sway bar on the drivers side. This gives a slight unload and then I used a piece of 1/4 pipe that was about 4 1/4 inches long on the passengers side. It's a trial and error tuning process, but my car launched straight and even at the H/C power level (408 rwhp) with a hard hitting ST3500. The air bag caused me to slap to hard on the bag and it bounced the right rear up and caused me to spin consistently. The traction issues were solved once I deflated the bag and properly loaded the rear bar. The 1LE bar is also a good option. I hope this helps.
The pic attached is with the preloaded (shimmed) 21mm BMR bar. No noise trade offs. The passengers side sits about a 1/2 higher when on flat ground, but you have to measure it with a tape to even know it.
The pic attached is with the preloaded (shimmed) 21mm BMR bar. No noise trade offs. The passengers side sits about a 1/2 higher when on flat ground, but you have to measure it with a tape to even know it.
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03-05-2005, 08:18 PM
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TXCAMSS, technically you can, but nothing in the swaybar kit allows you to do this. As you stated, its a trial an error thing and its something you have to fab up yourself. Nothing to it, so I really woudnt even call it fabbing it up.
Anyhow, as I stated, I have the Spohn 25mm swaybar with the airbag and I leave straight. The best 60 ft. I've pulled is a 1.46.
Anyhow, as I stated, I have the Spohn 25mm swaybar with the airbag and I leave straight. The best 60 ft. I've pulled is a 1.46.
03-06-2005, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by TXCAMSS
Actually you can preload or unload the rear bar. I had the 21mm BMR with the poly bushings prior to going to the Extreme drag bar. I just used a 1 inch piece of 1/4 inch pipe in place of the 1/4 spacer that comes with the sway bar on the drivers side. This gives a slight unload and then I used a piece of 1/4 pipe that was about 4 1/4 inches long on the passengers side. It's a trial and error tuning process, but my car launched straight and even at the H/C power level (408 rwhp) with a hard hitting ST3500. The air bag caused me to slap to hard on the bag and it bounced the right rear up and caused me to spin consistently. The traction issues were solved once I deflated the bag and properly loaded the rear bar. The 1LE bar is also a good option. I hope this helps.
The pic attached is with the preloaded (shimmed) 21mm BMR bar. No noise trade offs. The passengers side sits about a 1/2 higher when on flat ground, but you have to measure it with a tape to even know it.
The pic attached is with the preloaded (shimmed) 21mm BMR bar. No noise trade offs. The passengers side sits about a 1/2 higher when on flat ground, but you have to measure it with a tape to even know it.
All I wanna know is who is the blonde girl in the background of that picture!?! haha, ok back on track here!
03-11-2005, 04:48 PM
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All I wanna know is who is the blonde girl in the background of that picture!?! haha, ok back on track here!
