really it isn't that bad, but it pisses me off i guess... Anyway to do this w/o sacrificing traction?

I could drop the car some, but i hear that screws you on traction... Is there a median or are we just stuck in this nemesis of blackness or and body rolling?

 

i know one of the best things for body roll is getting some front and rear sway bars. wink

 

harder springs and thicker sway bars.

real sports cars down show as much lean because of stiff springs.

 

Well, it's actually becuase of their lower center of gravity, and lower weight. Most SUV's have stiffer springs and thicker swaybars than your average car, but that's because they weight twice as much, and have a Center of Gravity twice as high, they need them!

Lowering springs and swaybars, along with stiffer struts will do the trick. They will also both improve your traction.

 

eibach springs helped a lot...

 

Springs and strut tower bars, as well as better shocks........wider tires would help as well, more grip surface

 

Boom 146:

Tires won't help his Body roll problem.
Neither will Strut Tower braces

Sway Bars (Anti-Sway Bars)will help most
SPRINGS will also help
struts will only "help" in conjuction with stiffer springs.

 

In fast transition exercises, good stiff shocks will also help somewhat. My old Tbird had a set of god-awful stiff shocks on it, you could jump on the bumper and jump off, and the car would *slowly* rise up to height. You could whip that car back and forth on the highway and it would lean a little bit... which says a lot considering it's 3600 pounds with a 7/8" front and *no* rear sway bar. Take an offramp though, and it would heel over on the outside tires eventually and start slipping out. I actually liked that setup for a daily driver, it didn't ride terribly harsh and would stay stable just long enough for you to get out of harm's way.

Moral: springs, sway bar, shocks. Those three will determine your "lean". However, your intended use will determine which of these is most important to the cause.

 

Which is why I have a Eibach pro-system that I'm looking at in my room right now just waiting until spring to put them on

Which swaybars should I go with though? Should I stay with the Eibach line, or go with something like whiteline? Sorry to hijack, but thought this would be good for the rest too.

I guess I'm looking for what our options are more or less.

 

I have Intrax spring/KYB GR-2 Strut set up and it works great. Intrax's going for around $175 and the struts from tire rack are $50 for front/$45 for rear i think..it's been awhile.

Doing away with your stock rim/tire and go for something larger with lower profile tires will improve your steering feel and turn-in and wider tires (with correct alignement) will give you better traction also. Strut tower braces will also help maintain traction (maximum possible amount of contact patch) when turning also but like Random said will not reduce body roll.

I have stock sway bars and the above mentioned suspension setup with 17" Nakayama Racing GT5 rims with 205/40/R17 Hankook Ventus HRII's ($1000.24 w/ tires shipped CA to VA from www.victoriatire.com and wieghs in 33lbs ea. w/ tire)
I love this setup....steering response it immediate and body roll is to a minimum. The car turns flat and is wonderfull through the twisties. Who cares if we don't have double wish bone... i think our suspensions work wonders too...!

[ January 02, 2003, 07:08 AM: Message edited by: Koreandude ]