Re[2]: Anti-sway bars? Hmm, need more details.

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm2.hf.intel.com>]

Greg is quite correct about oil pressure loss in hard cornering!  To take 
care of the problem I installed a Gene Berg 1 1/2qt oil sump.  I don't 
believe a windage tray will do much, if any, good.  I read somewhere that 
extending the push rod tubes into the sump helps(?).

You'll need to clarify the "equal-magnitude bumps" because I don't 
understand what you mean.  Driving (perpendicularly) over a long-length speed 
bump or depression with both wheels at the same time is the same with or without
a sway bar because the sway bar is moving in the same direction with both wheels
-- it's not being used at all!

I disagree about the sway bar affecting independent suspension as I don't 
experience this problem and I've read that they just don't do this.  Maybe you 
could explain what you mean by it feeling different?  If just one wheel meets an
obstacle it's possible to notice a suspension difference if the obstacle is of 
substantial size and the sway bar is particularly thick (due to increased 
tortional resistance).  However, normal obstacles and vehicle speed doesn't 
present enough of difference to cause the sway bar to affect the independent 
suspension.  Sways shouldn't affect the ride comfort -- that's the tire, torsion
bar and shocks job.

     Toby Erkson
     air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 1.8L for sale
     Portland, Oregon, USA

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Subject: Re: Anti-sway bars? Two thumbs-up!
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    4/30/97 12:35 PM

...The squareback sees *serious* daily "family truckster"
duty, and the harsher ride isn't worth it.  The change *is* dramatic in
the corners, though.  If you go nuts with 'em, you'll see the oil light
come on in long, sweeping corners; time to start thinking "windage tray."
...
> The nice thing about anti-sway bars is that they won't affect your
> day-to-day driving like hitting a pothole or going over a bump.  Your

     Not exactly.  Equal-magnitude bumps encoutered simultaneously by
both wheels don't allow the anti-sway bars to come into play.  However, a
bump or pothole that hits just one wheel *will* feel lots different. You
can see that this is the case if you look at how the bars are attached
(stock & aftermarket).  They affect differential motion between left &
right vertical suspension travel.
...