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Old 2006-04-11, 10:45 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by sperry
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The current emprical evidence is that a *massive* front swaybar on an STI does so much to prevent the poor dynamic camber inherrant in the STI's MacStrut design that is actually *increases* front end grip, and helps the car to turn, despite the normally accepted logic that a stiffer bar creates understeer.

The AS STI guys are have great success running a huge front bar and big sticky tires. Search NASIOC and IWSTI for the details, but the bottom line is, big (like super big, like 29mm super big) front swaybars are a good thing in AS.
Hah, if only I had what I originally wrote, but I got rid of cause it didn't make sense. I know a lot of people on LegacyGT are saying the same thing. It still will cause you to understeer but it'll give you crisper turn in. So, yes you can still understeer like normal, but the turn in is much better and flatter and is overall a benefit.

I was thinking that didn't make sense, so I just deleted it.
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