Whats the diff. between these swaybars
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On The Tree
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From: Ramstein AB, Germany
Whats the diff. between these swaybars To complette my suspension set up all I need is swaybars. All my suspenion parts are BMR (man of uniformity I am ) and I would like to stay with them BUT for the price of just the front one alone (32mm) I can get BOTH (32FRNT 21RR)for that price. Is there something wrohg with the 1LE swaybars that SLP sells?
Are BMR's Hollow?
Are BMR's Chromly?
Just woundering if its worth the extra money or will SLP's 1LE set do me good.
All I want is to be able to hold my own on the street for now I hope to get into RoadRacing when I get back to the states but for now I have enough fun blasting around the roads and pissing off Brit's <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
Are BMR's Hollow?
Are BMR's Chromly?
Just woundering if its worth the extra money or will SLP's 1LE set do me good.
All I want is to be able to hold my own on the street for now I hope to get into RoadRacing when I get back to the states but for now I have enough fun blasting around the roads and pissing off Brit's <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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On The Tree
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From: Ramstein AB, Germany
Re: Whats the diff. between these swaybars Any one???????????
come on guys???????????
I have some money but I need to know if I should save some more.
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come on guys???????????
I have some money but I need to know if I should save some more.
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Re: Whats the diff. between these swaybars You might want to do a search on swaybars. I'm running a S.T. 35mm front with the stock 19mm rear. I like it. I called Sam Strano to get the 35mm front and the 21mm rear and he advised me out of buying the 21mm rear. His advise went against everything I have read about rear wheel drive swaybars. He asked me to at least give it a try and if I was not happy he would be more than happy to sell me the rear bar. Like I said, I was happy and did not get the rear bar.
To answer your question about the BMR bar, I think it is a solid bar. It would be stiffer than the hollow SLP 32 bar{all things being equal other than solid/hollow}. The ST35 is also solid. There is nothing wrong with the SLP bars. But there might be better options out there.
Oops, messed up. I was actually meaning 35mm when I said 36mm, sorry bout that.
To answer your question about the BMR bar, I think it is a solid bar. It would be stiffer than the hollow SLP 32 bar{all things being equal other than solid/hollow}. The ST35 is also solid. There is nothing wrong with the SLP bars. But there might be better options out there.
Oops, messed up. I was actually meaning 35mm when I said 36mm, sorry bout that.
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Re: Whats the diff. between these swaybars I have every thing BMR sell on my car and did allot of seaching on sway bars. First off sway bar don't come in chrom moly. As far as hollow goes don't buy those solid is the way to go much better. But as great as BMR is if I had to chage any thing it would be the front sway bar to a 35mm. From what I have been seeing is a good spring and sway bar setup is better tan a lowered car swaybar and spring tension is way way more inportant than ride hieght.
Re: Whats the diff. between these swaybars I have the BMR front and rear sway bars. They are solid in lieu of hollow. What are the advantages?? Solid vrs. Hollow - I dunno, but they sure look purdy! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
Re: Whats the diff. between these swaybars Hollow vs solid- solid is heavy. The hollow is almost as strong as the solid when the diameters are the same. The hollow bars cost more usually than the solid bar.
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From: Ramstein AB, Germany
Re: Whats the diff. between these swaybars Thanks guys fro the replys though Im still not sure what I'll do. Maybe I'll call around to the sponsors on the side.
Thanks again
Thanks again
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Re: Whats the diff. between these swaybars The BMR is %40 stiffer than the 1LE bar, if that gives you any idea <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
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Re: Whats the diff. between these swaybars With sway bars, stiffer is not always better. Too much sway bar on a car can actually "lift" the opposite wheel off the ground. I will be autocrossing my car this season and am starting the year with stock bars (aftermarket springs, shocks, control arms, etc) until running on race tires proves to me that I need bars. If I do change bars, I will likely go no larger than the SLP bars.
As a side note, when you add stiffer lowering springs, you increase roll stiffness. I prefer to tune a car with more spring and less "bar" in order to keep the inside tire planted a little more firmly....but I may change that after I get the stickies on it this year.
Just my $.02
Good luck.
As a side note, when you add stiffer lowering springs, you increase roll stiffness. I prefer to tune a car with more spring and less "bar" in order to keep the inside tire planted a little more firmly....but I may change that after I get the stickies on it this year.
Just my $.02
Good luck.
Teching In
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From: Germany
Re: Whats the diff. between these swaybars I personaly have the Hotchkis hollow 36.5 mm front bar and stock rear bar. (with 500# front springs and #150 rear, they work together). The Hotchkis has the same roll resistance as the solid 35 mm, but weighs 15 to 20 pounds less (can't remember exactly). Most guys run the heavier bar because its cheaper. I think its a good set-up, but the real test will come during the tuning days in the spring. The problem with running really heavy springs is that the wheels will skip over bumps in the pavement and cause you to lose traction.
To the original question, for the street the 1LE bars will be all you need, maybe try just the front first.
To the original question, for the street the 1LE bars will be all you need, maybe try just the front first.
Staging Lane
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From: Georgia
Re: Whats the diff. between these swaybars I went straight to the BMR front and rear and couldn't be happier except that I have fried some tires. After bolting them in, I gave them about a week to seat really well and retighten them just for good measure. I live up in the mountains and have a tight curve, rated at 35 mph, not far from my house that I used as the test rat. With the stock z28 bars (and shocks both before and after), I could enter the turn at about 79 and exit at ~69-71 depending on weather. This was some ***** to the walls driving I kid you not! After the BMRs I entered at 88 and exited at 81, not bad to me. I had my roommate with me to see what he thought and he looked like a cat on a window screen!
Verdict? "Go for it Rock."
Jason
Verdict? "Go for it Rock."
Jason