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<blockquote data-quote="mcutler" data-source="post: 550201" data-attributes="member: 1641"><p><strong>Re: Re: RBD VIDEOS</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not necessarily. As building anything from race cars to passenger cars there will be compromises. When I tuned with Wayne in may, after doing a couple years of research on my own. I did not have a sway bar at the time and asked him what he thought; his reply was that it is just another tool to get closer to the 100% mark of suspension tuning. In racing, the courses are dramatically different from one to the next, much the same in trail riding as well. Your tune at one track may not work for the next. KOH tune won't work for short course. We all keep spare parts and tools right? Why not design for a sway bar and have that much more ability to fine tune, be it band aid for geometry or not...dollars aside any way. </p><p></p><p> I went the way of soft springs, and love it. My primary rates are 64 front and 59 rear, on a 4300 lb rig. After tuning without sway bar, I had some slight body roll under throttle, nothing unnerving. Had we more time on tune day Wayne was confident we could tune it out even further. But I did finally install a sway bar, and I adjust it differently for different parks. ...there again it's a tool. </p><p></p><p> In hindsight, I have no regrets going to coilovers, and using the lightest spring possible theory. Heads above my ori's, but you got to go all the way. Can't just bolt them on and expect to win. must invest the time to get them right. </p><p></p><p>matt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcutler, post: 550201, member: 1641"] [b]Re: Re: RBD VIDEOS[/b] Not necessarily. As building anything from race cars to passenger cars there will be compromises. When I tuned with Wayne in may, after doing a couple years of research on my own. I did not have a sway bar at the time and asked him what he thought; his reply was that it is just another tool to get closer to the 100% mark of suspension tuning. In racing, the courses are dramatically different from one to the next, much the same in trail riding as well. Your tune at one track may not work for the next. KOH tune won't work for short course. We all keep spare parts and tools right? Why not design for a sway bar and have that much more ability to fine tune, be it band aid for geometry or not...dollars aside any way. I went the way of soft springs, and love it. My primary rates are 64 front and 59 rear, on a 4300 lb rig. After tuning without sway bar, I had some slight body roll under throttle, nothing unnerving. Had we more time on tune day Wayne was confident we could tune it out even further. But I did finally install a sway bar, and I adjust it differently for different parks. ...there again it's a tool. In hindsight, I have no regrets going to coilovers, and using the lightest spring possible theory. Heads above my ori's, but you got to go all the way. Can't just bolt them on and expect to win. must invest the time to get them right. matt [/QUOTE]
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