Strut bars
90CorollaSR5
04-07-2003, 02:06 PM
Can someone explain to me what a front strut bar and/or rear strut bar does to a car? Also could someone explain what sway bars do, thanks in advance.
Neutrino
04-07-2003, 02:23 PM
strut bars stiffen the car so the chassis won't flex in corners.
sway bars will limit the body roll in corners.
sway bars will limit the body roll in corners.
flylwsi
04-07-2003, 02:27 PM
on strut bars...
imagine your car is a cardboard box without a top. it's just the sides and bottom.
the strut bar is like putting a top on.
the structural integrity goes up.
take your box without a top and push on the sides... they flex in.
take the box with a top and push on the sides, it's harder to get them to flex, isn't it...
sway bars are harder to explain...
imagine your car is a cardboard box without a top. it's just the sides and bottom.
the strut bar is like putting a top on.
the structural integrity goes up.
take your box without a top and push on the sides... they flex in.
take the box with a top and push on the sides, it's harder to get them to flex, isn't it...
sway bars are harder to explain...
-The Stig-
04-07-2003, 06:36 PM
sway bars keep your doo-ama-hicky from ring-ama-bobing and it helps out when the thing-ama-doo is installed with fresh dealywhozits .
Hoped that helps. :bloated:
Hoped that helps. :bloated:
flylwsi
04-07-2003, 06:53 PM
what he said...
without getting real technical on it, b/c i could, but i'd get lost...
a sway bar connects the two sides of your suspension to your frame and acts as a torsion bar, decreasing the amount of shift in the body from one side to the other in corners.
yeah... lost am i.
a thicker/stiffer bar (or adding a bar to a vehicle without one) decreases the amount of weight transfer (body roll) when cornering, keeping the weight on the "inside" of the vehicle, and helping evenly distribute weight, keeping grip equal, or close to it...
make any sense?
without getting real technical on it, b/c i could, but i'd get lost...
a sway bar connects the two sides of your suspension to your frame and acts as a torsion bar, decreasing the amount of shift in the body from one side to the other in corners.
yeah... lost am i.
a thicker/stiffer bar (or adding a bar to a vehicle without one) decreases the amount of weight transfer (body roll) when cornering, keeping the weight on the "inside" of the vehicle, and helping evenly distribute weight, keeping grip equal, or close to it...
make any sense?
Neutrino
04-07-2003, 08:08 PM
or as i sayd limits the body roll....you just have to make it sound more complicated;) :p :D
dbartoschek
04-07-2003, 10:46 PM
you can stick a strut bar on any car right? if it doesn't come with it stock
Neutrino
04-07-2003, 11:47 PM
Originally posted by dbartoschek
you can stick a strut bar on any car right? if it doesn't come with it stock
as long there is one that fits.yeah
you can stick a strut bar on any car right? if it doesn't come with it stock
as long there is one that fits.yeah
flylwsi
04-08-2003, 01:05 PM
only works on unibody cars...
strut tower braces are similar to the "monte carlo bars" used on older mustangs, as they were unibody.
here at work, a customer asked for a strut tower bar for a truck... why?
it's body on frame?
only works on unibody...
strut tower braces are similar to the "monte carlo bars" used on older mustangs, as they were unibody.
here at work, a customer asked for a strut tower bar for a truck... why?
it's body on frame?
only works on unibody...
DemonZX
04-08-2003, 04:01 PM
I can answer that question with ease! He drives the tard cart as his daily driver!
*no offense to anyone!*
*no offense to anyone!*
90CorollaSR5
04-09-2003, 02:33 PM
Wow, thanks for the info, cleared up alot ;)
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