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Ok, I love handeling and I love suspension work. Other than just suspension as a spring and shock, what else can I get and what does it do. I mean, I can buy both front and rear strut bars, but what excatly do they do. I hear people talking much of sway bars, and what does the front do and what does the rear do? Finally, is there anything else, other than camber kits to improve handeling. Oh and forget bushings

Eddie

 
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i think some bars help in some areas more then other but basically what bars do is stiffen up the cars chassis, reducing body roll/chassis flex

 
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Certain bars seem to have certain effects. A front tie bar seems like it reduced wheel hop. A front strut bar seems to improve steering response and lessens body roll. A rear strut bar seems to let the rear slide out during cornering a little more. Same goes for a rear tie bar. Although a rear tie bar may be required to strengthen the chassis when adding on a big sway bar (19mm). For a 22mm rear sway bar I'de get the Progress Group's integrated unit. LOL, I love this anti-roll bar too much! Sway bars get rid of body roll and keep the wheels flatter during cornering resulting in more traction.

A drop lowers the center of gravity, so the car will roll less and will stick to the ground better. It might also give you better aerodynamics. Good shocks will help the tires stick to the pavement over all sorts of bumps. Especially variable damping ones, although I don't know if we have any for our cars yet (not talking about adjustable shocks). Polyurethane bushings help to stiffen up the anti-roll bars; if they're engine mounts then they lessen wheel hop. A camber kit will let you corner harder since you can't prevent all body roll with an anti-roll bar. Set the camber negative (especially in back since the front auto-cambers in turns) and you'll have very good grip in the twisties.

That's about it for suspension modifications. There's adjustable anti-roll bars so that you can tweak the suspension exactly. There are also wheels and tires. The bigger diameter the better (for stiffness), the bigger diameter tire the better (for grip), the wider the tire the better (for grip again). The less rotational weight the better, but it;s good to balance betwean that and stiffness (17's instead of 16's for example). I guess that's it for suspension. Although something like a cross-bar up front will stiffen the chassis even more and reduce wheel hop. Then something like a bar betwean the seatbelt anchors will help a little more (although not much). A functional roll cage will help with stiffness as well.