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Old 04-03-2007, 05:08 AM
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those are for the 2.7 though, not sure if they'll work with the 4.2 or not, i could be wrong though
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Default If you are doing any bar, do a rear bar. that will make the car actaully handle better...

by increasing oversteer enough to counter the dramatic understeer these cars are born with.

I've got a PSK (sport kit) rear bar, stock non sport springs, and Koni sport shocks, and the addition of hte PSK bar made a huge difference. Its very much more neutral now, but it still pushes if the tires lose grip.
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I was just about to do a search for my post on this very issue and bam! a62.7tceo found it!
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Default My Avant is running the H-Sport rear bar only... handles fine.

My goal was to decrease understeer and to some measure it was successful.
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either do both, or don't do it at all. Apply for extra credit, the difference isn't that much.
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Default Not really. Our cars understeer badly. Putting in a stiffer rear sway bar will help temendously

if you also put on a stiffer front bar, it will help the car corner flatter, but will not change the overall attitude, the car will still understeer badly.

Again, sway bars aren't intended to improve handling on their own, they are more for fine tuning handling. So if you want to fix an understeering car, a stiffer rear bar (and stiffer rear springs, if possible) will help that a lot.
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Default Hmm. I wonder if putting H&R Race springs on the rear would help (I have H&R...

Sports on my car at the moment.) The "Race" springs are firmer, so it may help. Then again, I would have diff color springs! :P ("Sport's" are grey-metallic, "Race's" are bright red.) Oh well!
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You also have to be conscious of the ride height.....
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