Just put on the Apex-I World Sport coil-overs...like them a lot, they ride great...but the car still sways quite a bit in the corners. I could go with stiffer coil-overs to reduce that, but it would kill the ride quality, and I drive a lot w/ very little track time so ride quality is very important to me.

My question is if I use a thicker sway bar front and rear...will that stabilize the car in the corner well while still maintaining my straight line ride quality? If so...what bar should I use?

Thanks a lot.

 

leave front alone and get a new rear bar. I use Progress and it is fun as hell getting a Fwd tail happy

 

you can try using the thicker Mugen rear bar. After, if you feel that it's too much, try using that in conjunction with the mugen front bar.


[Modified by Type Goch, 12:47 AM 5/2/2002]

 

Does the mugen bar (front and rear) mount using all the stock mounts?

 

...I believe that is correct...

 

What are the spring rates of those coilovers? Without that information - you are poking around in the dark

 

What you also have to realize that larger sway bars decrease the available cornering traction to a certain degree. The reason why a bigger bar in the back allows more rotation, because there is less grip.

I would do more research on spring rates, shocks, and bars before going out and spending tons of money on a suspension that will be worse than stock !

I have just done my suspension on my Miata, and I will NOT use bigger bars. A certain amount of sway is needed to settle the suspension. I was reading somewhere (maybe competition forum or another board??) that a company has two cars, an autocross and road race car. In the road race car, they use less bar or no bars at all. But in the autocross car, they use bars.

Basically, to make a long story short, do MUCH more research before spending any more money on parts.

 

LS 22mm front bar w/ ES bushings, and run 5psi more air in the rear tires.

That did the trick for my car, and I have the same suspension you have.