Sway link connected vs disconnected results.

[lmcgrew79]

Bob Woodhouse suggested i try corner balancing the car with both sway links unhooked and hooked. No adjustments was made other than disconnecting the links rolling off and back on the scales and reweighing.

New scales are intercomp sw787 with this cool raceweight software.
Im gonna go out on a short limb and say i dont need sway bar links.

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Level all 4 Corners.

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Sways Connected Full Tank

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Sways Unhook Full Gas

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Compared

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Sways Connected with Driver

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No Sways with driver

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[Dan Cragin]

I found that the adjustable links are best when setting up a car that has been lowered and is weighted with the driver in the car. Was your car setup like this?

Dan

 

[lmcgrew79]

The car has the mcs suspension, 500/800 pound springs, not slammed but lowered some.

Ride Heights center of axel at frame.
FL 4 2/16 FR 4 3/16


RL 5 12/16 RR 5 10/16

 

[lmcgrew79]

Also I set the car up about a month ago on another set of scales, i just received these this weekend. Seems i may need to do some micro adjustments to get it perfect, but winter isnt over for another month or so.

 

[mjorgensen Woodhouse]

Nice job Luke and like I said, not needed for most cars, pure race cars where 5#'s means alot to some people then yes, but I doubt anyone would feel that difference.

 

[Viper X]

As Dan Cragin says above, when you lower the car a bunch and have a heavy driver in the car, the adjustable sway bar links can make a pretty big difference, especially up front, if you track the car and are looking to maximize balance.

As Mark says, most driver's won't notice unless the above is true.

Dan