Totally useless thread, (again), but been delving into the sway bar theory
again, and I'm still having trouble understanding why some people say it's
definitely, no argument, worse with regards to cornering abilities at speed.
Theory:
Without sway bars, body movement in relation to chassis movement is less
limited, allowing more body roll, but allowing all wheels to stay in contact
with the ground. So, body movement is accented, but traction is improved.
With sway bars, body and chassis movement are more related to each other,
meaning that body movement may be less, but wheel may lift off ground,
allowing wheel to theoretically snatch when contact with ground is remade.
So, the question is, with something that already is not designed for high
speed cornering due to it's height and high centre of gravity, combined with
weight, how can that be worse stability wise in a situation where you have
to alter direction quickly, whilst keeping full traction upon the road, but
suffering a somewhat precarious body shift, over having slightly less body
shift but losing full traction from road surface allowing less control of direction, possibility of snatching, or even back end flipping out when the wheel does
make contact again?
I'm still thinking that these A.R.B's are merely a device for enhancing ride
comfort in a purely domestic sense, rather than actually making the vehicle
safer in a debateable manouevre.
again, and I'm still having trouble understanding why some people say it's
definitely, no argument, worse with regards to cornering abilities at speed.
Theory:
Without sway bars, body movement in relation to chassis movement is less
limited, allowing more body roll, but allowing all wheels to stay in contact
with the ground. So, body movement is accented, but traction is improved.
With sway bars, body and chassis movement are more related to each other,
meaning that body movement may be less, but wheel may lift off ground,
allowing wheel to theoretically snatch when contact with ground is remade.
So, the question is, with something that already is not designed for high
speed cornering due to it's height and high centre of gravity, combined with
weight, how can that be worse stability wise in a situation where you have
to alter direction quickly, whilst keeping full traction upon the road, but
suffering a somewhat precarious body shift, over having slightly less body
shift but losing full traction from road surface allowing less control of direction, possibility of snatching, or even back end flipping out when the wheel does
make contact again?
I'm still thinking that these A.R.B's are merely a device for enhancing ride
comfort in a purely domestic sense, rather than actually making the vehicle
safer in a debateable manouevre.
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