Other than the obvious weight reduction advantage, why (from a suspension dynamics standpoint) would removing the front swaybar improve 60' times? I can't come up with a good technical reason. Anybody have some ideas??


Steve

 

The swaybar is like a spring hooking the 2 front tires together. During a launch with the swaybar on, the body comes up more on the left corner than the right and the swaybar tries to pick the right tire up the same amount too. But that just stops the rise of the body like a travel limiter.
Removing the swaybar allows the body to rise more freely and higher allowing better weight transfer to the rear tires for better traction. That's where most of the improvement comes from.

Now keep in mind that if you are already dead hooking then removing the swaybar will only help with weight reduction.

 

I didnt' see any improvement at all except for the fact that the car looked better on the launch since the front end jumped up

I'm not sure if I'd recomend removing it on a street car though. It seems to make the car a bit easier to hydroplane in wet weather.