On Tuesday, December 23, 2003, at 08:42 PM, Andrew Smith wrote:
Have a look at how much leverage the swaybar has.Some cars have huge bars
but they need it because of the distance between the mount on the control
arm and the mount on the chassis.The distance its mountet on the control arm
from the control arm pivot also needs to be taken into account.
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From: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 5:24 PM
Subject: front sway bar thickness
I was under the wife's car today giving it a new drink of oil and
noticed the fat looking sway-bar...thinking it was bigger than on the
Fj20 Datto I measured it at 30mm compared to mine which is just 25mm. I
was quite surprised, but wonder if this is normal for a convertible for
better body control? The car is AFAIK bog standard - it's a 1990 Capri
w/ the 100kw 1.6 turbo (Mazda) engine. If you ignore the shimmy and
shake of the body it gets around Canberra's round-abouts okay, but does
have a tendency to slide the back end quite easily.
Seasons greetings and safe traveling everyone,
Mark.JT Canberra
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