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Old 5/12/13 | 10:20 AM
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Question which are the best sway bars for neutral handling

Hi guys
Which are the best sway bars for close to neutral handling at the track (no understeer, no body roll neither), for a '10-'14 GT?. Specify if you are staggered or non staggered.
Old 6/5/13 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by M3hunter
Hi guys
Which are the best sway bars for close to neutral handling at the track (no understeer, no body roll neither), for a '10-'14 GT?. Specify if you are staggered or non staggered.

Good luck. no understeer and no body roll? bars alone won't get you there.
Old 6/7/13 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by M3hunter
Hi guys
Which are the best sway bars for close to neutral handling at the track (no understeer, no body roll neither), for a '10-'14 GT?. Specify if you are staggered or non staggered.
Adjustable ones. Adjustable front and rear sways will allow you to dial in the under/oversteer nature you're most comfortable with.
Old 6/9/13 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by lost won
Good luck. no understeer and no body roll? bars alone won't get you there.
This. Aftermarket sway bars will have a negligible impact on the handling metrics OP outlined above at best. Personally speaking, while the Koni STR.T shocks and struts are a huge improvement over the stock parts, they're still very soft. I just swapped out my Koni STR.T dampers for a set of 2013-14 GT500 Bilstein shocks and struts (stuck in sport mode because I don't have a damper module) and they've eliminated virtually all the body roll my car exhibited even with the Koni STR.Ts in place. You'd probably be better off investing in a set of adjustable shocks and struts such as Koni Sports (aka "yellows") or FRPP adjustable dampers (I've driven a car with these and they're magnificent). That way, you can adjust them according to whether you're on a road course, drag strip or on the street. I sure wish I had the ability to soften my dampers just a bit...
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I sure wish I had the ability to soften my dampers just a bit...
I wondered about that since the GT500 dampers are for a heavier front end.
Old 6/9/13 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by cdynaco
I wondered about that since the GT500 dampers are for a heavier front end.
Hey Charlie, so far, so good with the GT500 Bilsteins. Handling has improved dramatically and the ride quality, though noticeably more taut than with the Koni STR.T dampers, isn't all that bad. I just wish I had the ability to swap them over to "normal" when the tarmac got rough. The one odd thing I've noticed since installing the Bilsteins is that my car appears to sit higher, even when using the same FRPP springs I had on my car previously.
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