Do sway bars make a difference
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Re: Do sway bars make a difference
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Re: Do sway bars make a difference
Sway bars make a difference all day everyday. They keep the car flat during hard cornering, they help the car to evade move around from a crazy brake-checker, sway bars can be used as suspension tuning devices. Some chassis prefer a larger rear sway bar over the front's size. Some sway bars are hollow and some are solid. Some are made of steel and some are made of chromoly. I always use road course quality sway bar endlinks that are adjustable.
The 05-06 DC5 Type S uses a 26.4mm front hollow sway bar and a 21mm rear solid sway bar. I am unsure of the DC5 Type R sway bar set up so do not quote me. The Type R uses a 23mm front sway and a 22mm rear sway. I want to believe Honda knew what they were doing going with a smaller front sway bar on the Type R. The wall thickness on the front sway bar may be greater than the Type S... Because the Type R didn't need a larger bar, just stronger.
In many cases if you are not racing your car and it is mostly street driven, put some coilovers with SPC rear camber arms and see how that feels first before upgrading to a front or rear sway bar larger than what the Type R has with good endlinks and Hardrace sway bar bushings. Give yourself a option to tune the sway bars instead of going max out from the jump. Later down the road try to figure out what your driver's needs are. Studying the jdm market's offerings for your ride can kind of gauge things for you as far as the limits to what can be done to your EP3 The same applies to a street driven car with every suspension part upgraded to hard bushings or spherical bearings and $4,000 coilovers all in the same day. I know there is not a public street or highway in the United States that can max out a basic entry level $1,000 coilover and on that fact a Level 2-3 NASA SCAA student could use a basic entry level coilover.
The 05-06 DC5 Type S uses a 26.4mm front hollow sway bar and a 21mm rear solid sway bar. I am unsure of the DC5 Type R sway bar set up so do not quote me. The Type R uses a 23mm front sway and a 22mm rear sway. I want to believe Honda knew what they were doing going with a smaller front sway bar on the Type R. The wall thickness on the front sway bar may be greater than the Type S... Because the Type R didn't need a larger bar, just stronger.
In many cases if you are not racing your car and it is mostly street driven, put some coilovers with SPC rear camber arms and see how that feels first before upgrading to a front or rear sway bar larger than what the Type R has with good endlinks and Hardrace sway bar bushings. Give yourself a option to tune the sway bars instead of going max out from the jump. Later down the road try to figure out what your driver's needs are. Studying the jdm market's offerings for your ride can kind of gauge things for you as far as the limits to what can be done to your EP3 The same applies to a street driven car with every suspension part upgraded to hard bushings or spherical bearings and $4,000 coilovers all in the same day. I know there is not a public street or highway in the United States that can max out a basic entry level $1,000 coilover and on that fact a Level 2-3 NASA SCAA student could use a basic entry level coilover.
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