91 si w/o rear sway bar?

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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 08:54 PM
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Default 91 si w/o rear sway bar?

so im planning to purchase some new lca's. most likely from blox even though i hear garbage about them. ill end up swapping bushings later. i've read that when i install the blox lca's my stock sway bar endlinks wont line up properly or something? i dont really understand this. and if it doesnt work, whats the effect of taking the oem rear sway off?
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 10:27 AM
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The front and rear sway bars are supposed to keep the car in a straight path. Without the sway bar, the car is going to be a little jerky and/or "Sway" from side to side, thus the name "Sway Bar". I dont know and I dont suppose it would dangerous to drive without it, but I dont suggest that u take it off. Keep it on till u replace it.
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 10:42 AM
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Default Re: 91 si w/o rear sway bar?

alright thanks for the info. im not gonna get blox anymore. im just going to get function 7 lca because i hear they have the sway bar endlink hole in the right place. so i guess its a direct replacement.
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 11:13 AM
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Default Re: 91 si w/o rear sway bar?

Originally Posted by AnarchyRacing419
The front and rear sway bars are supposed to keep the car in a straight path. Without the sway bar, the car is going to be a little jerky and/or "Sway" from side to side, thus the name "Sway Bar". I dont know and I dont suppose it would dangerous to drive without it, but I dont suggest that u take it off. Keep it on till u replace it.

if you seriously think the sway bars job is to keep the car from " sway"ing from side to side in a straight path i think you should stop posting advice....sway bars are ment for stability in cornering...read up:

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question432.htm
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by 93formula
if you seriously think the sway bars job is to keep the car from " sway"ing from side to side in a straight path i think you should stop posting advice....sway bars are ment for stability in cornering...read up:

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question432.htm
Of course its supposed to keep stability in cornering, but what i have read in a couple articles "Trying to read up on knowledge"...that thats not the only purpose of a sway bar...as a matter of fact exactly what I said in my first post, is what the article said from actual honda techs...so if they are wrong then I'm better off finding out my ***m self right?!
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 11:54 AM
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Default Re: 91 si w/o rear sway bar?

I have never heard of howstuffworks.com. I'm definitely going to start using that. Very Informational thanks for the website even tho it wasnt for that purpose...lol!!!
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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Default Re: 91 si w/o rear sway bar?

Of course you can run without a sway bar. Its an optional suspension component.

But you should try to keep it as it does help with stability under extreme conditions, helps to fight body roll and snap oversteer.
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 03:26 PM
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Default Re: 91 si w/o rear sway bar?

Originally Posted by AnarchyRacing419
Of course its supposed to keep stability in cornering, but what i have read in a couple articles "Trying to read up on knowledge"...that thats not the only purpose of a sway bar...as a matter of fact exactly what I said in my first post, is what the article said from actual honda techs...so if they are wrong then I'm better off finding out my ***m self right?!
Don't believe everything you read in a magazine.
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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Default Re: 91 si w/o rear sway bar?

You can counteract the effect of not having a swaybar by upping your spring rates a bit, but I've never driven a CRX without a rear bar, so I don't know what you'll be in for....
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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 09:15 AM
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Default Re: 91 si w/o rear sway bar?

Originally Posted by Lt. Dan
You can counteract the effect of not having a swaybar by upping your spring rates a bit, but I've never driven a CRX without a rear bar, so I don't know what you'll be in for....
squirrel at high speed. if you ask me... imho..
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