- 41. Re: [FOT] Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: <triumph_marx@freenet.de>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:18:50 +0200
- And I always thought they are called swinger bars.... I have to be careful with non native languages I write in... Uncle Jack told me today that he used a word on a box he shipped to Germany, that me
- /html/fot/2006-10/msg00250.html (8,362 bytes)
- 42. Re: [FOT] Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: BillDentin@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:24:08 EDT
- Ach du lieber!!! Bill (Damdinger)
- /html/fot/2006-10/msg00251.html (7,819 bytes)
- 43. Re: [FOT] Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: "jrhill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:33:14 -0500
- And a slang term for Heroin as well. Ach du lieber . . . indeed!!! Jim Hill
- /html/fot/2006-10/msg00253.html (7,576 bytes)
- 44. Re: [FOT] Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: <triumph_marx@freenet.de>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:48:02 +0200
- VERY SILENT TODAY! All are playing with LapSim? ;-)
- /html/fot/2006-10/msg00254.html (7,349 bytes)
- 45. Re: [FOT] Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:09:47 -0400 (EDT)
- no we're all waiting for our ISP's to download the laps from Assen. rml -- Bob Lang Room N42-140Q | This space for rent Consultant MIT unix-linux-help | Voice:617-253-7438 FAX: 617-258-9535 | Cell: 3
- /html/fot/2006-10/msg00255.html (7,836 bytes)
- 46. Re: [FOT] Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: <triumph_marx@freenet.de>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:18:44 +0200
- HMMM....seems that the server is a little too busy. Only 19kbps is very slow. Must be a very slow race ;-)
- /html/fot/2006-10/msg00256.html (8,210 bytes)
- 47. RE: [FOT] Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:28:40 -0700
- could be, I spent the day on a plane, I'm in Maui until the end of November. ________________________________ VERY SILENT TODAY! All are playing with LapSim? ;-)
- /html/fot/2006-10/msg00264.html (7,610 bytes)
- 48. [Fot] sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: gsfuqua1@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:34:46 -0500
- I run 22mm at front and 17mm at rear. My springs are stock items. I lowered the front as you did and the rear with fitting shims between spring and axle. I don't set the car too flat cornering, I li
- /html/fot/2008-11/msg00018.html (8,670 bytes)
- 49. Re: [Fot] sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Johns" <rjohns@woh.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 14:07:09 -0500
- What are your corner weights? That makes a difference in the size of the bars - how much weight are you transferring? As a point of reference, my TR6 weighs 1980 pounds (+/-), I use a 7/8"front bar f
- /html/fot/2008-11/msg00019.html (7,673 bytes)
- 50. Re: [Fot] sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Taylor" <tarch@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:06:51 -0500
- Where the bar attaches to the front suspension also makes a difference. Richard at Goodparts said he could bend a TR3 bar for me that would attach at the outer bolt instead of the center (as the ADD
- /html/fot/2008-11/msg00020.html (7,561 bytes)
- 51. Re: [Fot] sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: "Gary Horstkorta" <vintage.racer@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:49:48 -0800
- Right - the issue is: what wheel rate do you need? This is of course related to the corner weight and the weight transfer. I also wanted to mention that some of the folks that use hollow-bars run bar
- /html/fot/2008-11/msg00021.html (6,518 bytes)
- 52. Re: [Fot] sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: "MadMarx" <tr4racing@googlemail.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 08:36:08 +0100
- We probably should add that chassis flex, & type of bar mounting & end links, are factors to consider as well. Glen difference. attach making it same Right - the issue is: what wheel rate do you need
- /html/fot/2008-11/msg00022.html (7,411 bytes)
- 53. Re: [Fot] sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Lang <lang@isis.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:15:49 -0500 (EST)
- We also might mention that some TR3 races (John Harkness, for one) were MUCH happier when they removed their rear sway bars. Bill Dentinger ** Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today'
- /html/fot/2008-11/msg00023.html (8,061 bytes)
- 54. Re: [Fot] sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 07:42:24 -0800
- Now that I've lost my skid pad (industrial park was sold) I'm going to have to pay a lot more attention to suspension modeling. A sway bar is such an important element of handling. In the past I've f
- /html/fot/2008-11/msg00024.html (7,348 bytes)
- 55. Re: [Fot] sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Lang <lang@isis.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:51:00 -0500 (EST)
- "happier when they removed their rear sway bars" ...yes Bill I know several TR-3 drivers who have that t-shirt! Glen end We also might mention that some TR3 races (John Harkness, for one) were MUCH h
- /html/fot/2008-11/msg00025.html (8,094 bytes)
- 56. Re: [Fot] sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: fubog1@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:08:00 -0500
- Stiffening the rear suspension on a beam axle car is a delicate situation as you have no provision for negative camber (well, yes you can, but tapering axle splines, bending the housing and all that
- /html/fot/2008-11/msg00026.html (8,156 bytes)
- 57. Re: [Fot] sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: BillDentin@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:11:19 EST
- On a few of the cars I build, I like to use sprint car torsion bars as sway bars. The mounts and arms stay the same and there a lots of bar diameters available in solid and gun drilled. tr3driver@ca.
- /html/fot/2008-11/msg00027.html (8,409 bytes)
- 58. Re: [Fot] sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <Billb@bnj.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:22:52 -1000
- Thanks guys for all the suggestions on sway bars, etc. I now have a list of things to check and consider but I suppose that what winter projects are all about. Gary 1962 TR4 _________________________
- /html/fot/2008-11/msg00028.html (8,351 bytes)
- 59. [Fot] Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: fubog1@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:38:34 -0500
- I am currently racing my 1962 TR4 with a > ADDCO front sway bar, the car has been lowered approx. 2 (removed front spring spacer, de-arched rear leaf springs), runs on Hoosier Speedster tires (185/
- /html/fot/2008-11/msg00029.html (8,888 bytes)
- 60. Re: [Fot] sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: "Kas Kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 08:57:18 -0800
- Right - the issue is: what wheel rate do you need? This is of course related to the corner weight and the weight transfer. I also wanted to mention that some of the folks that use hollow-bars run bar
- /html/fot/2008-11/msg00030.html (10,695 bytes)
This search system is powered by
Namazu