06-08-2005, 09:16 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
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Originally Posted by yng
Shaun,
by the way, did you ever take off that rear anti-roll bar, and if so what are your thoughts on how the car behaved as a result?
cheers
Yushan
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Yip I did. Thing is, I fitted an LS diff at the same time (no extra clutches though), so the car feels quite different altogether.
Gearing is much longer which made the car feel different even before trying to analyse the handling characteristics. The car always felt quite neutral before, and continues to do so in faster sweeps. I think there's a bit more understeer in sharper turns - probably a combination of losing the rear anti-roll bar (better traction in the rear) and the LS also pushing me more through corners. In hairpin turns, much better traction so exit speed is way better - but I don't seem to suffer understeer there.
I'm happy with the change and will run like that for a while. I'm quite a bit quicker now so it's working for me. What I have found though (and I mentioned it in another thread) is that I have serious shudder under hard braking. We're replacing trailing arm bushes (and the others while we're busy at it) so hopefully this cures that problem. Also want to check shock settings as they could also be too hard.
If I still have the shudder after this, I'll put the anti-roll bar back on and see.
When you get a chance post pics of your car - I think I remember you saying you had the 29mm front anti-roll bar from Alfaholics. I'm keen to see what the body roll looks like on your car.
Cheers
Shaun
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