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Thread: regular sway bar vs nascar style
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01-28-2011 #1Starting The Transformation
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regular sway bar vs nascar style
I am curious as to what the differences are from a stock sway bar style (but oversized aftermaket) vs a nascar style with the arms like the ones ART makes?
Pros/cons for each.......
Kevin Freund
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Well, the 3-piece "NASCAR-style" bars are pretty trick, and a lot of guys are running them, but we went away from them on our asphalt Late Model. Reason being, we found that 3-piece style would only twist a certain amount before it'd bind up and make the car push, whereas the regular tubular ones didn't do that.
Now on a Pro-Touring or roadrace car that may not be an issue, but that's been my experience with them, and the driver I've been working with much prefers the feel of the tubular bar over the 3-piece.
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01-28-2011 #3Starting The Transformation- Join Date
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Thanks for the input monteboy84. I am new to all this, what do you mean by make the car ''push''?
Kevin Freund
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01-28-2011 #4Registered User- Join Date
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No problem. When a driver describes how a car is handling, the two simplest terms they can use are "tight", or "loose", and a push describes a tight handling condition, referring to the front end "pushing" out in a corner. Loose then, being the opposite, means that the rear end of the car wants to come around in a corner, you may hear this described as "free", since you're really able to freely put the front end of the car where you want.
In general, a slight loose condition is what's desired.
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