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How exactly does sway bar size effect a 240’s handling?

posted by  Ben W on  Fri Jun 14 22:40 CST 2002
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This a bit of a follow up to my message several days ago. Just looking to make sure I understand the concepts here…

Poly bushings are great if you’re looking for the last bit of precision handling, but as long as I’m running big stock tires and normal springs the poly bushings will just make the car louder and less comfortable. Is that right? If I just replace the current tired parts with a pile of fresh Scan Tech parts from FCP Groton, I should be happy? Ingy the Battle Wagon and I should live happily ever after?

The IPD sway bars are definitely a noticeable improvement over stock turbo bars, and offer a noticeable improvement in reducing body roll. Is that correct?

Now the tough one… I’m trying to understand how the larger/smaller sway bars affect handling. Does a larger rear sway bar decrease the rear wheels ability to hold traction? Is that why a larger rear sway bar is more likely to induce oversteer? So do sway bars increase precision and predictability at the cost of giving up some overall grip on the road? I’ve very unclear about this…

Thanks again everyone!





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