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Old 06-16-2004, 10:26 AM
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Originally posted by SVXRide
and just look, the 30 lbs/in difference gives you a built-in understeer condition. Mychailo - what's the relationship between sway bar rate and coil spring rate (i.e. how much will increasing the sway bar rate contributes to the overall spring rate at the wheel) -- is it just a linear relationship?
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On the front suspension, the swaybar attaches directly to the strut body, so the rate of the bar adds directly to the rate of the strut spring. On the rear suspension, the swaybar attaches to the hub, so a coefficient on the swaybar rate may be necessary when adding the swaybar rate and the spring rate. But because the strut is also bolted to the hub, my guess is that the coefficient is very close to 1.
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