Become a Fan!
Login
Username:

Password:

Remember Me

Lost Password?

Register now!
Main Menu
Who's Online
287 user(s) are online (230 user(s) are browsing Forums)

more...
Guru Dictionary
Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend  ALDL
Assembly Line Diagnostic Link

The cable you use to connect to a TECH 1 or a laptop computer for diagnosis and data logging purposes....
Supporting Vendors
Platinum
Mid America Motorworks
Mid America Motorworks FREE CATALOG


Gold
FIC 770-888-1662


Registered Vendors
Guru Friends
Supporting Banners

TIRERACK.com - Revolutionizing Tire Buying


Shop for Winter Tires Now!




Support This Site
Report message:*
 

Re: Swaybars: Size matters?

Subject: Re: Swaybars: Size matters?
by gkmccready on 2008/11/10 15:57:36

Quote:
I can't speak on why it's needed. My guess would be that springs alone could be made stiff enough to be equivalent to the bar, but the car would ride like shit everywhere else. I don't think wheelbase has much to do with it.


Hm. I was wondering if it was the distance from the CG to the actual weight that could let the spring rates be lower if only controlling front<->rear weight transfer, and that's why we needed to add left<->right roll stiffness with swaybars on top of the springs.

Or is it simply that we can generate more cornering force than braking or acceleration forces? Is that statement even true or can we generate the same forces?

I am a little confused, somewhere over the years somebody told me that with a solid bar and a hollow bar of the same diameter the solid bar would be softer. I never understood that -- it sounds like you're saying that's not true? Also, if the formula says (OD-ID)^4 won't the material required to make an equally stiff hollow bar come to the same amount of material?
CorvetteForum.guru is independently owned and operated. This site is not associated with or financially supported by General Motors.

Copyright 2008-2015 CorvetteForum.guru

CorvetteForum.guru is a Guru Garage Site (Coming Soon!)

If you have any questions about our site, please contact us at Andy@corvetteforum.guru.

Powered by XOOPS 2.56 Copyright 2001-2014 www.xoops.org

Hosted by GoDaddy.com.