sway bar kit for lst/2

[Pickle]

hey has anybody used a sway bar kit in here? is it worth it, any diff?

[Briguy]

I bought one when I had the first LST and it limited the suspension to much . Now that I think of it I probably still have them some where .

[Reggie L]

it helps alot..lot of ppl use it for racing..but some do use it for bashing..so the truck wont flip so easy in the turns...

i run it on my racer..
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc231/reggielewis/muggified%20lst/Picture008.jpg

[Reggie L]

Hey Robbie T, I believe Reggie L just stated right here in his post as to why you would use SWAY BARS. ;)
GOOD POST REGGIE L !!!!!! :D

lol thanks taz

[vlad_vy]

ANTI-ROLL BARS

Anti-roll bars are used to adjust the car’s side (lateral) grip. They can also be used in conjunction with a softer spring rate to handle bumpy tracks more effi ciently without excessive chassis roll at mid-corner. Anti-roll bars resist chassis roll and by doing so transfer wheel load from the inside wheel to the outside wheel. The stiffer the anti-roll bar, the more load is transferred. However, as the outside wheel is not able to convert the extra wheel load into extra grip, the sum of the grip of both wheels is actually reduced. This changes the balance of the car to the axle at the other end of the car; increasing the stiffness of an anti-roll bar on one particular axle (front or rear) decreases the side grip of that axle and increases the side grip of the axle at the other end of the car.

The overall traction of a car cannot be changed, but it can be balanced by distributing wheel loads. Anti-roll bars are a very useful tool to change the balance of the car. Chassis stiffness plays a very important role in the effectiveness of anti-roll bars, and a stiffer chassis makes the car more responsive to anti-roll bar changes.

The front anti-roll bar affects mainly off-power steering at corner entry.
The rear anti-roll bar affects mainly on-power steering and stability in mid-corner and at corner exit.

FRONT
Softer (thinner wire)
* Increases front chassis roll
* Increases front traction
* Decreases rear traction
* Increases off-power steering (may cause oversteer)
Stiffer (thicker wire)
* Decreases front chassis roll
* Decreases front traction
* Decreases off-power steering at corner entry (increases understeer)
• Quicker steering response

REAR
Softer (thinner wire)
* Increases rear chassis roll
* Increases rear traction
* Decreases front traction
* Decreases on-power steering (increases understeer)
Stiffer (thicker wire)
* Decreases rear chassis roll
* Decreases rear traction
* Increases front traction
* Increases on-power steering (may cause oversteer)
* Quicker steering response in high speed chicanes

HUDY Off-road & Truggy Set-up Book (http://www.teamxray.com/teamxray/showfile.php?file_id=4461)

[Pickle]

thnx guys, hey taz, what engine are you running in your truck?

[axial28rr]

i run them they help alot on the turns if you get them diled in right
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll175/axial28rr/DSC01803.jpg

[Reggie L]

All I was trying to do was get a little info from the original poster.
All the time it seems, some new guy or basher hears about the mythical sway bars and thinks they need them, without a clue what they're for or what they do - and in most cases they're of little or no use to them.
Fact remains, that all sway bars are are a "tuning item," they're a tool - and that if you don't have a good set-up already, one that eliminates flipping, then you're not doing it (or using them) right. ;)

I didn't take offense to your reply, and that's why I didn't respond to you - but what I did take offense to was taz's obnoxious bullying reply that was uncalled for....'nuff said. :cool:

cool....:cool:

[axial28rr]

Hey axial28, what sway bars do you run where ? Just how do you get them dialed in right, just curious ? I guess you could either put the smaller ones all the way around (like I run), the big ones all the way around, small in front & big in rear or big in front & small in rear. ;)

i run soft in rear hard in front i meaen diled in when you push the ball joint up so iits more responcive

[Dale88Jr]

All the stuff i know about sway bars springs and shocks i got from play nascar sim games