Are bigger always better? Is solid better than not? Is chrome moly a must?

 

For the front, bigger is better, hollow is better then solid, solids only marginally stiffer and alot heavier, chromeoly doesn't make a difference.

 

Sway bars work best with the rear and front working together. Most people find 35mm front and 21 or 22mm rear to work well together. The sway bar is a torsion spring, therefore they're not made out of chrome moly as that's not an ideal spring material.

 

Spohn does.

http://www.spohn.net/product.cfm?productid=1376

 

You learn something every day

 

What are you using the car for? The answer is going to be different on a car intended to go around corners, than for one intended to go in a straight line, 1/4-mile at a time.

 

I want the car to do everything.. So the best of both worlds would be........?

 

A corner carving suspension and a drag racing suspension don't really mix. Corner carving calls for a stiff suspension to minimize weight transfer during cornering; drag racing wants weight transfer to the rear during launching. Years past I wanted both. I installed a set of QA1 12 way adjustable shocks on all 4 corners thinking I could dial in the suspension I wanted for that day's driving adventure. These shocks are very poor performers for corner carving. Also for corner carving you'll want a larger front sway bar; for drag racing you want want a sway bar at all.

 

So your sayign that KYB gas adjust shocks are worthless????


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KYB-A...QQcmdZViewItem

 

I have no experience with KYB. Adjustable shocks can be great, i.e. the Koni SA shocks, but they are focused on great corner carving, not corner carving and optimized drag racing.

 

Pretty much.... yes.

 

I am going to disagree with this statement

they make a damn good paper weight

 

Or a crude weapon.