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Old 02-10-2004, 08:00 PM
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Im looking for a rear sway to increase oversteer in my 04. Any suggestions on size or brand?
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Muz and comptech both make rear sway bars. Why do you want to do this though?
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I want to do this because the 04 understeers on the track and due to my driving style im always shooting for oversteer anyways because i can control it better than i can understeer. So any info would be great
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Interesting. I haven't driven an '04, but you're the first person I've heard say that it has an understeer problem. Anyway, as I said, both comptech and muz make a stiffer rear bar. There was a comptech bar on sale in the FS forum last week. Saner may also make a rear bar.
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How does the 04 rear bar compare to an 03 bar?
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Understeer and S2000 in the same sentence? Interesting.....

My 01 seems to oversteer rather well

I couldnt imagine wanting it to oversteer any more than it does already. Goodluck
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I believe this has to do with the new stock settings for the front camber in the '04.
Old 02-11-2004, 08:26 AM
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Well, I think it has to do with the very conservative stock camber setting in the front along with the changes to the bars/springs both front and back. But increasing front camber would definitely be the simplest and cheapest first step to counteract it before looking at different bars etc.

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I've only had mine a short time...but I would try a lot more throttle a lot earlier.
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I would adjust the camber instead of messing with the bars if you are only doing track days...


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