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re: Rear anti-roll bars

To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: re: Rear anti-roll bars
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 00 14:42:37 EDT
per Bryan...
>>On my bugeye, I have a new set of HD 10-leaf springs. To me they seem way to
>>stiff. If I hit a bump while making a hard turn, the entire rear end has a
>>tendency to leave the ground, and  car will 'jump to the outside'. This beha

  You are exactly right.  You need softer springs.  (In my ol' 510 it was
actually the 'race setting' shocks that were too stiff, but the result was
the same as you are seeing.)  The addition of an anti-roll bar would be
optional for you as it's job is different from the springs.
  In the past, other people have mentioned their replacement springs being
too stiff too.  One fix they've mentioned was to remove a few active leaves
and replace them with spacers.  Fewer spring leaves = softer spring rate,
plus you still have the removed leaves if you want to put some back later.
  The poly bushings will give a harsher (though not actually 'stiffer')
ride than rubber.  Rubber soaks up some of the minor jolts/vibrations a bit.

per Daniel...
>>I still don't agree.  An anti roll bar on the rear of a live axle car is not
>>the same as increasing spring stiffness and does not do the same thing.  If

  Correct!  I think we are -sort of- agreeing, but coming at it from
different directions/saying it differently.
  Your thought sounds like my understanding of what the old race book was
saying.
     Ed in NC

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