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Some answers for ya Serge,
swaybars, Think of your wheels attached with a "U" shaped bar ie..
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Wheels are the [] and the swaybar is the (_)
When you turn(lets say right) the body roll in your car forces down on the left wheel, the swaybar tries to pick-up on the right wheel, this action counters the body roll and flatens the car out. The harder you turn the harder the bar picks-up on the inside wheel. It really wouldnt induce a roll, because it trys to split the cornering traction between the two wheels instead of the outside(left) working its butt off to get all of the grip. The only way a roll would occur is if you had SUPER sticky tires, becasue with out the bar your outside tire would not have enough grip and it would slip.
Bumpstops, on a B14(dont know about others) the bumpstop is tottaly seperate from the boot, Its a foam clylinder the rides on the strut shaft, it keep the strut body from hitting the top strut mount as well as keeping the piston (on the other end of the shaft, inside the strut body) ffrom hitting the bottom of the strut body) when you cut them(30mm for a B14? cant remember) It gives you that much more travel before you bottom out on it. I dont belive it is enogh trave to bottom the piston though(?). The boot just covers the whole thing, to keep dirt out.
Spring packers(snubbers?), Rubber pucks that go inbetween spring coils to 1.increase rate and sometimes 2. give more ride height(hey im a redneck boy, ever do a cheap lift on a coil spring truck? i have)
Scott,
I have been informed by M.E. that they have damper inserts that are good for 400lbs springs available now, I think these new inserts would damp well enough(whats your opinion?) on a side note M.E. can convert their front struts to external adjust for extra $. what do you think of this idea for Serge, Stock springs with packers and AGX's? Would this even work, there would be some reduced travel, but not becasue of strut bottoming. Possibly bind the "un-packed" coils? Wow I just though of that set-up, give me some feed-back guys, for once I am interested in one of my ideas for more than a second...lol
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Patrick Scott
Yeah, thats a roll cage in there.
I shall call him...Mini-Me
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