[Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the May/June 1997 issue of Grassroots Motorsports.]
Story by John Hagerman
When a racer takes aim at tuning a car’s suspension, one of the first targets is often the anti-roll bar. Anti-roll bars (also known as swaybars or stabilizer bars) are found on virtually every modern car right from the factory—they are important tools used by sus-pension engineers to modify a ear’s ride, handling and response.
On the street, proper anti-roll bar selection can turn a miserable-handling car into a true sport sedan. Racers love tinkering with anti-roll bars because they can provide dramatic performance improvements for competition. Since anti-roll bar modifications are allowed in many classes of autocrossing and roadracing, it’s worthwhile to look into the workings of this device.
The Purpose of Anti-Roll Bars
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