Rear sway bar size
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Rear sway bar size
I have a 2010 R56 and I think I went too big on my rear sway bar. I autocross the car and when I go hard into a corner the car tri-pods. It is a hotchkins competition bar. If I stiffen up the front end with a smaller sway bar will will that make more problems or would that help keep all wheels planted.
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The tri-pod happens as a combination of stiff chassis and suspension setup. You need to balance what feels right and what is faster. Just because your car lifts the inside wheel does not meet there is anything wrong.
Do you like the feel of the car with the new rear bar, or is it too much rotation and oversteer for you? Have you adjusted the bar with the different end link holes?
Smaller front bar is going the wrong way. If anything, you would want to stiffen the front bar to match the rear.
Have fun,
Mike
Do you like the feel of the car with the new rear bar, or is it too much rotation and oversteer for you? Have you adjusted the bar with the different end link holes?
Smaller front bar is going the wrong way. If anything, you would want to stiffen the front bar to match the rear.
Have fun,
Mike
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I have a 2010 R56 and I think I went too big on my rear sway bar. I autocross the car and when I go hard into a corner the car tri-pods. It is a hotchkins competition bar. If I stiffen up the front end with a smaller sway bar will will that make more problems or would that help keep all wheels planted.
So adjust it down a notch or two.
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I know I am resurrecting an old thread, but does anyone know the stock sway bar size with non-sport suspension?
I bought a sway bar and stock bushings from a member with a Cooper S for dirt cheap, and when I measured it was 18mm. I am wondering if it would make a noticeable improvement and would be worth the project.
I bought a sway bar and stock bushings from a member with a Cooper S for dirt cheap, and when I measured it was 18mm. I am wondering if it would make a noticeable improvement and would be worth the project.
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If you go to Penske part for MINIs you can find a lot of this information. This is what I have collected for MINI RSBs:
Justa 16mm
S 17mm
Sports 18mm
JCW 18.5mm
Don't forget that the sizes noted above are without the coating so what you probably have is the 17mm bar if you measured over the coating. That bar is about 27% stiffer than the Justa bar and should be noticeable but not dramatic.
Justa 16mm
S 17mm
Sports 18mm
JCW 18.5mm
Don't forget that the sizes noted above are without the coating so what you probably have is the 17mm bar if you measured over the coating. That bar is about 27% stiffer than the Justa bar and should be noticeable but not dramatic.
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I know I am resurrecting an old thread, but does anyone know the stock sway bar size with non-sport suspension?
I bought a sway bar and stock bushings from a member with a Cooper S for dirt cheap, and when I measured it was 18mm. I am wondering if it would make a noticeable improvement and would be worth the project.
I bought a sway bar and stock bushings from a member with a Cooper S for dirt cheap, and when I measured it was 18mm. I am wondering if it would make a noticeable improvement and would be worth the project.
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