Hi Bryan,
I'm going to agree with WST, Drew and Daniel. :-)
It'll save you money too! :-)
(and I won't even mention that a "roll-bar" and an "anti-roll bar"
are two entirely different things. ;-) :-) :-) )
IMHO...
1-Start by making sure your stock suspension is in good shape.
2-Soften the rear springs 'til you're happy with them.
3-Make sure the shocks are working properly and you're happy with
the amount of stiffness they have. (This is really part of #1,
but after softening the rear springs you might decide to change
the shock stiffness.)
4-Add the -stock- front anti-roll bar(swaybar) you already have and try it.
*5-Depending on what you know about the condition of your front suspension,
at some point you need to make sure your front-end alignment is good.
Unless you really do serious hard driving you will likely be happy
at this point. Drive it this way for a few weeks and see.
If you're not -quite- happy now, you might be happy just by using a
slightly heavier oil in the shocks. Peter C. can help you here.
Now is also the time to ask yourself if it's more roll-stiffness and
responsiveness you want or just more cornering power. If it's handling
'quick' enough for you but you want higher cornering speeds, look into
wider wheels and/or stickier tires.
If you want flatter, even more responsive handling it's time to start
getting serious about suspension.
More IMHO...
1-Start with a -small- rear sway bar in conjunction with the stock front.
2-Try a larger front bar with AND without the small rear bar.
My (winning) roadracer friend uses a front bar with no rear bar at all,
but his springs are not stock. For autocrossing he used to remove the
front bar to get more oversteer.
3-Lowering kits at both ends. (This could also have been done in the
earlier list; or could be relocated to item 1 or 2 in this list.)
4-Spacer under the front shocks to give more negative camber.
5-Panhard rod. Won't really help the limit of adhesion, but helps with
controllability when the rear end breaks loose. (I think Ulix has the
the best explanation I've seen on this yet on his web site. Either that
or he sent it to me in a note I lost lonng ago.)
Ed in NC
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