What is a good sway bar to run? I daily driver the S with an occasional track/autocross/canyon run.

 

Comptech adjustable front sway bar. Accept no substitutes.

 

The search function usually works really well here in Racing & Competition. It seems to be timing out for me.... There's been a ton of discussion on this if you look a little later. MySQL seems a bit unhappy right now!

Pedal Faster has done most of the homework for your up in the Racing & Competion's FAQ

-Juliann

 

Grendon is solid, extra stiff/stiffest, and good.

 

Well you know, lately search has not been working at all. Like Living Legend I've been trying to get info on sway bars because am in the market to get a front bar for my S and I have not had any luck with it.

Any comments on the Cusco bar? How stiff is it?
What about springs? Tein over Eibach?

 

*IF* your primary motivation is autocross, the Gendron or Comptech would get my votes. However, they're expensive relative to the Saner but give more adjustment range. The main reason for using such a stiff front bar is to help compensate for the lack of tire stagger available in the competitive R compound tires.

A secondary reason is to help keep body roll down to minimize inside rear wheel spin. The Torsen-type diff acts like an open diff when a tire is unloaded so anything you can do to keep that from happening is a Good Thing when exiting a turn.

Note that autocross generates unusual loads compared to street and most track driving. A very stiff bar that's great for autocross may need to be backed way down to work optimally in other situations. An adjustable bar would allow you to do this while a non-adjustable would be a compromise.

There was a recent thread that talked about the Cusco and the strong opinion was - don't bother. Springs I'll leave to someone else...

 

jquerdat- Thanks a lot, most helpfull.