So I thought I would post a little piece about what the car is like to drive with a rear anti roll bar fitted.
To start some caveats
1. I am on 7 year old stock shocks, springs and bushings
2. I have front upper, front lower and rear strut bars fitted
3. I do not condone or advocate driving outside the legal limits as dictated by relevant laws.
4. I'm a bat fastard and the car has to cope with 20 odd stone extra weight on the drivers side 2 foot back from the engine
However to test the difference it maybe that you have to push things a little bit harder than normal (after all rules are for people with no imagination - allegedly)
So the car is relatively stiff with just the strut bars , feels more solid and generally a little mechanically noisey. But it does mean that you you push it harder into corners , get the power on a little earlier it doesn't make the car any more accurate as the understeer is still present.
With the RARB fitted (I'm on medium settings) the car at low speeds has not really changed yes you know something is different about the handling but its not overly apparent . At medium to higher speeds it makes a big -> huge difference , the ability to go into corner much faster and hold a line with out understeer promotes a big grin.
So basically you can punt it into a corner much faster , hold a much tighter line with the power on meaning your corner exit speeds are also higher as you are not scrubbing power through understeer and the corrections you need to make.
If you are going to get into track days and or race, its a no brainer - well to me anyway.
To start some caveats
1. I am on 7 year old stock shocks, springs and bushings
2. I have front upper, front lower and rear strut bars fitted
3. I do not condone or advocate driving outside the legal limits as dictated by relevant laws.
4. I'm a bat fastard and the car has to cope with 20 odd stone extra weight on the drivers side 2 foot back from the engine
However to test the difference it maybe that you have to push things a little bit harder than normal (after all rules are for people with no imagination - allegedly)
So the car is relatively stiff with just the strut bars , feels more solid and generally a little mechanically noisey. But it does mean that you you push it harder into corners , get the power on a little earlier it doesn't make the car any more accurate as the understeer is still present.
With the RARB fitted (I'm on medium settings) the car at low speeds has not really changed yes you know something is different about the handling but its not overly apparent . At medium to higher speeds it makes a big -> huge difference , the ability to go into corner much faster and hold a line with out understeer promotes a big grin.
So basically you can punt it into a corner much faster , hold a much tighter line with the power on meaning your corner exit speeds are also higher as you are not scrubbing power through understeer and the corrections you need to make.
If you are going to get into track days and or race, its a no brainer - well to me anyway.
