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Old 08-24-2008, 09:15 AM
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So MRZ strut bar or Turbo Tech Racing rear sway bar? Which would I see the most gains from?
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Old 08-24-2008, 07:25 PM
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The rear sway by far! The strut bar helps a little but its still more for show
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okay Anyone else?? I hope to auto-x my car either soon or next summer.
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okay Anyone else?? I hope to auto-x my car either soon or next summer.
if you are going auto-x, dont skimp, get both. The reasr sway bar and the strut bar both help plant you to the ground.
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the rear sway bar is the way to go. rear strut bar doesn't seem worth it. The springs are on the bottom of the car. I can't see much lateral movement between the rear towers, or the front. When you see a Mustang for instance the front strut towers are away from the firewall. Lots of flex. Our strut towers are against the firewall. Stronger.

You might have some oversteer with that new rear swaybar also. But it will make a nice difference. You might want to match up the front sway bar with the new rear. Otherwise your flat ass-end might make your outside tire in a corner dive, then the ass-end will skip, then you will experience over steer in a front wheel drive car with no limited slip diff. Gets real interesting...
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the rear sway bar is the way to go. rear strut bar doesn't seem worth it. The springs are on the bottom of the car. I can't see much lateral movement between the rear towers, or the front. When you see a Mustang for instance the front strut towers are away from the firewall. Lots of flex. Our strut towers are against the firewall. Stronger.

You might have some oversteer with that new rear swaybar also. But it will make a nice difference. You might want to match up the front sway bar with the new rear. Otherwise your flat ass-end might make your outside tire in a corner dive, then the ass-end will skip, then you will experience over steer in a front wheel drive car with no limited slip diff. Gets real interesting...
I believe he was talking about a front strut bar anyway. Yes, rear sway is the way to go.
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We don't even have rear struts, we have rear shocks
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We don't even have rear struts, we have rear shocks
That's what I thought in the first place.
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yeah i did mean the front struts, but i have seen some bar that goes inside the car from side to side for the rear. Looked like it wouldn't do a thing to me. Anyway okay I'm going rear sway then. lol The story is I went to get a DC strut bar, but since they're all on back order, I canceled my order. I figured spend a few more bucks and get the rear sway or the MRZ strut bar.
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Allll ordered!! Now we wait.
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