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Originally Posted by enkeivette
So I go into this argument on CF with another member about the need for a rear sway bar on a C3. My car is balanced very well and I'm running a rear sway bar. His argument was not that balance was not possible with a rear bar, rather that you can achieve the same result with stiffer springs and in doing so you won't penalize rear traction. He makes the argument that sway bars decrease roll at the cost of traction. This makes sense to me somewhat. What do you guys think?
Theoretically this means that with stiff enough springs you could eliminate both the front a rear sway bars.
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To an extent I think he is "sort" of correct. Certainly it's recommended that C3s loosen or eliminate the rear sway bar at the drag strip. I've also heard, that C3s are somewhat notorious for oversteer when there is a heavy rear sway bar in the equation. I use the VB&P Dual Mount which is designed to do sort of double duty as monoleaf and anti-roll bar. Drag Vette talks about this being a bit of a problem, and can lead to wheel hop, which I've certainly experienced.
Perhaps as an interesting side note several of the Euro-marquess, especially BMW (I think) go with fairly light spring rates and substantial anti-roll bars. I think this allows them to have a more supple ride, but still more controlled weight transfers. They generally aren't super high power drag cars, and with their LSDs, traction is not a problem.