for those who have a STILLEN Rear Sway Bar

07-02-2001, 11:08 PM

Ch12i5

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how did it feel when you first got it? I'm getting mine TOMORROW!...and I'm so excited to put it on and take it for a test drive. Will I be disappointed at all?

please explain with full detail and emotion

07-02-2001, 11:41 PM

Chunger

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You really will have to feel it for yourself...

Just be careful not to spin out... get use to it before you go BANZAI!

07-02-2001, 11:47 PM

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spin outs?

how aggressive to you have to be to spin out? all i'm going to do is take it for a couple of turns and maybe a little lane changing on the freeway? hehe

07-02-2001, 11:55 PM

Chunger

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Nah, i wouldn't worry about that... You'd have to do something real stupid to swing the rear... like run a corner doing 6K and then fully take your foot of the gas abruptly...

That would do it... yep, yep... hehe

07-03-2001, 01:01 AM

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i'm not too sure about what happens

you mentioned when quickly cornering, and at high RPMs, what do the wheels do, when you suddenly take your foot off of the gas? i can guess that you kinda lose all traction on the front tires?

if anyone could elaborate that would be great!

07-03-2001, 01:37 AM

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It's not as much a traction problem as a weight transfer. When you are hard on the gas the car will "lean" towards the rear which transfers more weight on the rear tires. If you suddenly let up on the gas the car is no longer accelerating which transfers weight towards the front tires making the rear of the car light, or loose, which if expected can be controllable and very fun

Hope this makes sense

07-03-2001, 02:09 AM

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hehe

Thanks HOJO! once i DO get accustomed to the way my car handles...is there ever a possibility that if i spin the car hard enough, it could flip over? i hope you'd have to go to extremes to do that..because i want to test the RSB in an empty parking lot one night

07-03-2001, 02:20 AM

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It would be hard to get the car to flip over. Normally under extreme cornering conditions the tires will loose traction and you will slide. It would take either hitting something like a curb, large crack in the pavement, to even have the chance of anything like that happening. If you have real sh!tty tires that roll over a lot, or have a blowout, you could feasibly roll the tire enough that the edge of the rim would hit the concrete and cause something bad to happen.

07-03-2001, 04:43 AM

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I have swung the rear out once when the roads were slick. I meant to do it though, so it takes some effort to get the rear end to come out like that. Under normal driving, it should not happen.

Anyhow, you won't be disappointed. It makes a very nice difference.