Originally Posted by
Grajy
James, we can meet up and you can drive my car to see how the Koni/King shock/spring combo feel if you like.
Thanks for the offer. Might do that weekend coming up?
Here's what I've found with adjustable geometry swaybars. Numbers first :
Front:Rear sway bar rates
OEM - 100 : 100
Hotchkis - 135 : 195/240
Cobb - 135 : 150/190
Corksport - 100 : 120/145/180
front to rear bias as a ratio :
(a) WITH OEM FRONT SWAYBAR INSTALLED - REAR AFTERMARKET BAR INSTALLED ONLY
OEM = 1 : 1
Hotchkis X = 1 : 1.9494 / 2.3999
Cobb X = 1 : 1.5 / 1.9
Corksport = 1 : 1.2 / 1.45 / 1.8
(b) WITH 135% AFTERMARKET FRONT SWAYBAR INSTALLED
Hotchkis = 1 : 1.4444 / 1.7777
Cobb = 1 : 1.1111 / 1.4074
Corksport X = 1 : 0.8888 / 1.0740 / 1.3333
The only swaybar that seems appropriate to fit as a standalone is the corksport on the 120% setting.
Basically the higher the ratio, the higher the likelyhood of snap oversteer due to the bias...so installing a Hotchkis rear bar only on even it's softest setting would be asking for trouble I suspect. On the otehr hand the Corksport has a setting that should be happy for all. Hotchkis look like track specials to me...(?)
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