Im going to set my cars height and get it corner weighted in 2 weeks. Do i need to disconnect the sway bars when i do this so there is no load on the actual suspension?

 

Nope, you don't. And sway bars only apply load to counter the suspension's loading as you are cornering. Therefore (and if properly mounted), there should be no tension in the sway bars as the car is going in a straight line, or is just sitting on a flat surface as in your case.

 

Actually, its been recommeneded to disconnect one endlink from each swaybar when doing cornerweighting, because during the course of cornerweighting, you'll probably be moving the shocks enough that you will be putting load on the swaybar, and you want your swaybar to be "neutral" after cw.

 

I take one end of my swaybars loose.

Maybe I'm just ham-fisted, but I can never seem to get my swaybars to be completely neutral. Seems like they always shift between 10 and 20 lbs to one side or the other. I know it's not much, but...

 

Do you have adjustable endlinks? Because I've read that, with non-adjustable endlinks, you're most likely going to be struggling to get the swaybar reconnected once you cornerweight, and if/when you reconnect it, there will be a load on it. Adjustable endlinks seem to take care of that prob.

 

I've been looking at buying a set of heim joints from racerpartswholesale.com, but I'm not sure whether they're compatible with my ST swaybars. Has anyone else swapped out the endlinks on their ST swaybars successfully?

 

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I was under the impression that this was correct. With equal load on both rear tires and the sway bar in a neutral position, you should not have a load on the sway bar. However, the anticipated result of corner weighing the car changes the way the suspension is loaded and as you are looking for cross weights, the load can be transmitted through the sway bar and change your numbers. You should only have to disconnect one side so long as your bar moves freely and as stated, adjustable end links will ensure that no load is added when the bar is reconnected at the new ride heights.

 

I was told that you should disconnect it because when you are corner weighthing you want to adjust the suspension when there is 0 preload. Also sit in the car or have someone sit in the car that is the same weight as you when adjusting. Even sandbags will work.

 

correct me if im wrong, but shouldn't the swaybar be connected so that way you know exactly what each cornerweight are for everyday/spirited driving?

 

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Well, that's pretty much the original question. I would still make an argument to disconnect the sway bar during cornerweighting for the reasons I stated above.

 

I just recently got my car cornerweighted at my work. My boss just bought the scales to do it and i was the test rat. We have done a few cars already, turbo crx, 2 evos, and my del sol. The owner of one of the evos is an SCCA racer who has one several champions in the past and the owner of the other evo is Kyle Bishop of Bishop Motorsports who also races SCCA. Both told me when doing my car to disconnect one side on the rear sway bar and the opposite side on the front sway bar. That makes the car have zero preload, which you want when cross weighted and cornerweighting your car. Heres a couple links that explains--&gt; http://www.hadamotorsport.com/...ights/
http://www.autocrossracer.com/corner_weights.htm