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Old Sep 9, 2002 | 08:20 PM
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Default Sway bar fine tuning.

What is he best combo of sway bars on a 95 civic hatch if I want neutral steering? Everyone says to just run the largest rear sway bar, but is that the best for neutral handling? Right now, I have an ITR front sway bar that doesn't feel like it hurt my handling. I don't have a rear yet. Thanks for the help.
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Old Sep 9, 2002 | 10:18 PM
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Default Re: Sway bar fine tuning. (civicmatt)

What do you mean by "neutral steering"?
Going straight?
Or in a turn, and at that how big/long a turn and at what speed?
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Old Sep 10, 2002 | 05:42 AM
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Tight turns @ about 20 or 30 mph. The type of turns you would typically hit on an autocross track. Before any suspension mods, my car would plow a lot. I don't want to over correct it with massive oversteer, I just want to be neutral.
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Old Sep 10, 2002 | 07:14 AM
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Default Re: Sway bar fine tuning. (civicmatt)

just work on the front grip ..

sway bars will help alot globally ..don't dial out oversteer cause u want to cancel understeer..that's not the solution cause u'll be slower around curves

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Old Sep 10, 2002 | 07:56 AM
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Jin, rear swaybars don't create oversteer by lessening the grip. They create oversteer by transfering more weight to the outside rear which takes the load away from the overloaded outside front. With a bigger rear bar, you essentially get less weight transfer at the outside front, which means that at any given speed it will see less of a load. So you are effectively increasing front grip... Hope that made sense in a nutshell...

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Old Sep 11, 2002 | 05:52 AM
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can anyone give a recommendation for a sway bar to fit an EG hatch with Teg RLCA's? car is mostly street driven but occasionally to the track. i don't have any sway bars at all right now and i don't want to get too large of a front or too small of a rear etc.

thanks
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Old Sep 11, 2002 | 07:04 AM
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can anyone give a recommendation for a sway bar to fit an EG hatch with Teg RLCA's? car is mostly street driven but occasionally to the track. i don't have any sway bars at all right now and i don't want to get too large of a front or too small of a rear etc.

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I don't have a hatch so I don't really know, but if it were me I would probably try to get the biggest front and rear sways I could find. Unless I had really stiff springs. Better to do the best job of reducing body roll possible and then learn to drive the car like that. If you're smooth and don't come into every corner too hot, you shouldn't understeer too much.
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