Notices

Question for Mike Wood

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 22 September 2002, 11:10 PM
  #1  
superstring
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
 
superstring's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 184
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Question

I have the Prodrive "Performance" suspension kit (developed circa 1997) fitted to my MY98 Impreza.

I'm currently using a 20mm rear anti-roll bar and a 19mm front bar and I'm wondering: if I were to fit something like the Whiteline 20-22-24 adjustable rear bar and use the 22 or 24mm setting, would the dampers be able to cope with the added lateral stiffness or would the working of the suspension be otherwise adversely affected?

Thanks very much.

P.S. Anyone with personal experience with this exact setup, please feel free to comment! Cheers!
Old 30 September 2002, 02:00 AM
  #2  
superstring
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
 
superstring's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 184
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Post

Mike???

Does anyone else have any thoughts on this? I have it on good authority that if one installs a big rear anti-roll bar without sufficient damping, you can get yourself into a really dicey (read unrecoverable) situation if you lose it.

Cheers!
Old 03 October 2002, 01:25 PM
  #3  
MikeWood
Scooby Regular
 
MikeWood's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Solihull
Posts: 1,498
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Post

The honest answer is I don't know as we haven't actually tried it. Generally increasing the rear roll stiffness is not a bad thing if you don't go too far. The dampers should be able to cope with a small increase in bar size, what they may not cope with is a significant increase in spring rate.

Mike
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
KAS35RSTI
Subaru
27
04 November 2021 07:12 PM
slimwiltaz
General Technical
20
09 October 2015 07:40 PM
Jonny mac
ScoobyNet General
10
09 October 2015 12:25 PM
IanG1983
Wheels, Tyres & Brakes
2
06 October 2015 03:08 PM
Brzoza
Engine Management and ECU Remapping
1
02 October 2015 05:26 PM



Quick Reply: Question for Mike Wood



All times are GMT +1. The time now is 05:53 AM.