Anti-roll bar

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vrooom

Original Poster:

3,763 posts

274 months

Wednesday 24th December 2003
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Hiya.

Would anti-roll bar any good for road going mini? as I would like to ride flat on the corner. thinking of one in front, and one in the back.

Is it worth the trouble ?

Jay

Cooperman

4,428 posts

257 months

Wednesday 24th December 2003
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Jay, in a word 'No'.
They really are for racing, sprinting and hill climbing. On the road it is difficult to set-up the suspension so that they are any sort of advantage. They can make the car very 'twitchy'. I've never liked driving with them.
The best thing to do is to set up the suspension very accurately with the caster, camber and toe-in on the front set correctly and the back set to absolutely NO positive camber and rear wheel toe-in at 0.125".
Use hard suspension bushes and 1.5 deg neg camber bottom arms.
With new Gas Spax dampers set to about 3 clicks you should find the car will be great and ideal for fast road driving.
I hope this helps.

minimax

11,984 posts

263 months

Monday 29th December 2003
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Cooperman said:
Jay, in a word 'No'.
They really are for racing, sprinting and hill climbing. On the road it is difficult to set-up the suspension so that they are any sort of advantage. They can make the car very 'twitchy'. I've never liked driving with them.
The best thing to do is to set up the suspension very accurately with the caster, camber and toe-in on the front set correctly and the back set to absolutely NO positive camber and rear wheel toe-in at 0.125".
Use hard suspension bushes and 1.5 deg neg camber bottom arms.
With new Gas Spax dampers set to about 3 clicks you should find the car will be great and ideal for fast road driving.
I hope this helps.


excellent advice cooperman - I think I'll follow this advice when I fit the goodies I just received. I'll report back!