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Old 05-07-2011, 09:39 PM
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Can any one tell me how much of a driving/handling difference there is with the front sway bar removed. This is mostly a street driven 1/4 mile car non daily driven.
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Not a Notch ... A little bit of body roll though !! Best weight reduction mod to free some work space too under your car .
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I removed mine a couple weeks ago and i can not tell a difference
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I removed mine one time and I thought I was going to fly off the road and die.
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body roll is noticable but other than that i dont miss it.
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Did anyone see any noticable gains on 60' times?
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You can always go for a smaller front sway if you don't want to handle like a truck, I have one for sale:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/parts-cla...ag-racing.html
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Originally Posted by 2002_Z28_Six_Speed
I removed mine one time and I thought I was going to fly off the road and die.

This is absolutely true. Anyone who can't notice a difference must have a rear drag bar. I've done it with the stock rear sway and the body roll is terrible, feels very dangerous and unsettling. Put a drag bar with no front sway and you're good to go.
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i removed mine and put a 245 45 17 tire on the front and driving normal i feel no difference if i drive harder it's fine just did this 2 weeks ago and shes a DD. i put rear lower control arms and pan hard bar on yesterday now it feels like it did w/ sway bar again made a world of difference.
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I pulled my a while ago and didnt feel any difference.
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i just removed mine. only drove it for the first time today, but my initial impression is that general driving around town is unnoticeable. if you push it in turns, the body does roll a bit more.

i imagine it could be a potential safety issue if you have to make any emergency maneuvers on the highway, so you just have to learn the new dynamics of your new suspension configuration before you end up in a situation like that. of course, that being said, that is no different than how you have to drive differently in say a pickup truck or SUV than you do a sports car.
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If your running skinnies then you won't know it's gone, the tire can't generate enough force to make it roll.
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I swear man, anyone that says they don't notice a difference seriously has something wrong with their butt dyno.
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Does anyone know how heavy our front stock front swaybar is? I have a Spohn extreme rear drag bar so I'm debating whether to do this my car is not a dd but I like to cruise every once in a while and hit the strip as well!
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Originally Posted by joblo1978
I swear man, anyone that says they don't notice a difference seriously has something wrong with their butt dyno.
I think that people will only notice if they drive the car hard, such as fast/hard cornering and such. I upgraded my front and rear sways on my old GTP and didn't notice any difference while other people were saying it was night and day. Just depends on how you drive.
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i still love driving back roads without it goin 60+ regularly
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The is a difference, but it is very slight unless your hugging curves. The most important sway bar for drag racing is the rear sway bar. If you have the money definitely upgrade to a drag bar.
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I DD mine everyday on bigs/littles with out a sway bar..and it drives just fine. You can tell that its not there..bit more body roll but nothing out of control. Probably will never put it back on!
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i noticed a huge difference,not sure why everyone is sayin they didnt notice much.Take off the front sway bar and make a fast lane change at 65+ mph and tell me you dont notice a difference



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