Breaking free
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Breaking free
Got myself the whiteline Front and Rear Anti-swaybars on my 02 WRX wagon. The rear is the adjustable and it's set on the lowest setting. I ride on stock RE-92's set to stock (front 32 rear 29) tire pressure.
Ever since I put the front one on, I've found myself able to slide a lot easier. Namely, when I get myself in a nice tight corner, I break free a lot easier than before I put the front bar on. So my question is whether this is completely normal or not. Personally, I think it rocks. Also, by tightening up the rear swaybar, will this increase my chances of breaking free, or decrease.
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Ever since I put the front one on, I've found myself able to slide a lot easier. Namely, when I get myself in a nice tight corner, I break free a lot easier than before I put the front bar on. So my question is whether this is completely normal or not. Personally, I think it rocks. Also, by tightening up the rear swaybar, will this increase my chances of breaking free, or decrease.
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Thanks for the input. Looking for ways to improve the handling on my car with minimum $$$. I would love to get new tires but right now santa and I aren't on speaking terms, so I guess I'll have to make do. I'l leave the rear end as it is now for daily driving, and tighten it up for the next auto-x day.
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here is a link for good info on over and under steer! Including sway bars
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...n/racepres.htm
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...n/racepres.htm
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Re: Breaking free
Originally posted by EtchyLives
I put the front one on, I've found myself able to slide a lot easier.
I put the front one on, I've found myself able to slide a lot easier.
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An example:
Going down Wilikina towards H-2 from the North Shore. I get to the turn off for Kunia Road/Foote Gate on Schofield. I take the turnoff, and as I hit the very end I find that I am able to slide out into the other lane a lot easier than I used to. Of course, I am able to take things a little bit faster, too.
Now that I think about it, before I would start to hear a little squeal from the RE-92s a lot earlier and I would back off. Now, there is less/no squeal until the very end when I really gun the gas at the end of the turn.
Same driving style as I used to, just breaking free at the end of the turn.
I could be wrong about this. Imagining things that aren't there to justify the purchase of new parts.
Anyway, I got the FSB for $115. No shipping since I got it from LiquidSubaru. It didn't fit his RS.
-Greg
Going down Wilikina towards H-2 from the North Shore. I get to the turn off for Kunia Road/Foote Gate on Schofield. I take the turnoff, and as I hit the very end I find that I am able to slide out into the other lane a lot easier than I used to. Of course, I am able to take things a little bit faster, too.
Now that I think about it, before I would start to hear a little squeal from the RE-92s a lot earlier and I would back off. Now, there is less/no squeal until the very end when I really gun the gas at the end of the turn.
Same driving style as I used to, just breaking free at the end of the turn.
I could be wrong about this. Imagining things that aren't there to justify the purchase of new parts.
Anyway, I got the FSB for $115. No shipping since I got it from LiquidSubaru. It didn't fit his RS.
-Greg
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Originally posted by push2
Thanks. I'll try out the front endlinks first and then see where I wanna go from there.
Thanks. I'll try out the front endlinks first and then see where I wanna go from there.
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Are you saying it breaks free more when you get on the gas? If so, yes, that's perfectly normal. A larger front sway bar will improve the initial turn-in response (good) but will then make the car more likely to understeer (bad). So if you're saying that when you get on the gas hard to come out of the corner the front end breaks away then that's just the additional understeer becoming evident.
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Yes, that is a good summary. And does it make sense to say that when I get off the gas in order to recover, the front end grips hard and really bites into the corner?
Is that what off-throttle oversteer is?
-Greg
Is that what off-throttle oversteer is?
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Dave at www.oakos.com is who I got my links from! Thanks Dave! Very goood customer service. I guess I gotta put those puppy's on.
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Originally posted by EtchyLives
And does it make sense to say that when I get off the gas in order to recover, the front end grips hard and really bites into the corner?
Is that what off-throttle oversteer is?
-Greg
And does it make sense to say that when I get off the gas in order to recover, the front end grips hard and really bites into the corner?
Is that what off-throttle oversteer is?
-Greg
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45 mph trying to line myself up for a slalom gate in auto-x and the rear steps out. Hmm, that sounds familiar. My only problem was I was running on Falkens and once it let loose, that was it.
Pat
Is it safe to say that -2.5 camber in the rear would contribute to this as well?
Tim
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Is it safe to say that -2.5 camber in the rear would contribute to this as well?
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