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      08-26-2007, 08:35 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by ducati View Post
Increasing the rate of the swaybar will increase grip on the opposite end of the car. As posted above (in the revised post), decreasing the rate of the rear sway will INCREASE understeer and reduce rear roll stiffness. This should not increase turn in; "turn in" would feel slower. The post was wrong... or misinterpreted the reasoning...
While this is generally true, there are exceptions and the E36 and E46 happen to respond well to massive front sway bar setups and thereby counter-intuitively reduce understeer. Tomorrow's lesson will explain why.
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