RE: [Opinion] Front End Anti-Sway Bar Theory

[jacobss@greatoaks.com]

I agree with that Adjustable shocks and tire pressure can make a big
difference.  I guess I should have said, I run this setup and here is why:
I have not invested much into my suspension yet.  So the extra anti-roll bar
out back was the quick way of getting the car to handle like I wanted.  Yes
once the shocks blow, I will probably make the jump to a set of Koni shocks,
but that will cost me more than what I paid for my Rocco.  Or when I get
sick of changing the strut bushings 1 to 1.5 years.  BTW, poly strut
bushings are no more. :-( yes it was a said day once I found that out.

I do run much the same as you do on my 914-4 which I auto-x in PC and
adjustable shocks and tire pressure goes a long way.  The truth to the
matter is there is not one way to setup a car, there are several different
ways to do it and that is what makes motorsports so much fun.  Innovation my
friends, my Scirocco is a long way from being done, and it is not my main
auto-x car so it gets the back seat to some of the cool items.  Even thou I
do give it more than its fair share of gifts, the 914 is getting gelous
about what the rocco has gotten lately.

Take care,

Stephen Jacobs
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Paul Krucke [SMTP:vwfan53@yahoo.com]
> Sent:	Friday, August 21, 1998 12:12 PM
> To:	jacobss@greatoaks.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject:	RE: [Opinion] Front End Anti-Sway Bar Theory
> 
> ---jacobss@greatoaks.com wrote:
> >
> > Yes I am a follower, but to a certain degree, I run a stock rear bar
> with a
> > 25mm rear bar.  Yes I run 2 bars out back.  I run the stock front
> bar on the
> > road, why, because it does help make the car understeer a little. 
> For an
> > auto-x I remove the front bar, and just run the rear.  THIS make the
> car
> > oversteer, just what I want in an auto-x, it is controllable.  But I
> return
> > it to mild (very mild) understeer for the street.  That way if
> anybody else
> > drives it will still plow a little.
> > 
> > Stephen Jacobs
> 
> This is where adjustable shocks come in handy.  I run the Neuspeed 22
> front bar with the stock rear bar to be legal in stock class.  With
> the help of the Koni's it is a snap to dial in/out oversteer.  Crank
> the rears full firm and bingo oversteer.  After an event or for street
> driving, I run the rears full soft, and give the fronts a turn toward
> firm.  Having a custom wheel alignment also helps.  Seems like too
> much work to keep R&Ring the swaybar.  I hated changing tires so much,
> I have started driving to and fro events on the race tires (R1's past
> now Kumhos).
> 
> I am convinced between tire pressures and adjustable shocks, you can
> make the car pretty much do what you want when it comes to dialing
> in/out over/understeer.  Talking stock class racing that is.
> 
> 
> ==
> -Paul
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