by 1965Cobra427 » Thu May 08, 2008 2:40 pm
Generally speaking the Atoms wishbones are much longer that those of most production cars, so the effect of roll on camber is much less. Being a "track oriented street car" this may be considered as good as is needed. Twebb and I discussed adding sway bars last summer. Our thought thought is that with a sway bar, the spring rates could be reduced allowing a lighter "feel" and more contact with a rough track. I have noticed that the factory "race" springs have a higher rate, suggesting they might be countering some of the sway with stiffer springs. (just conjecture). I visited with some of the tech types I've run into associated with Formula racing and inspected their sway bar setups. Adjustability is a regular feature so they can tune for different tracks.
Generally speaking the Atoms wishbones are much longer that those of most production cars, so the effect of roll on camber is much less. Being a "track oriented street car" this may be considered as good as is needed. Twebb and I discussed adding sway bars last summer. Our thought thought is that with a sway bar, the spring rates could be reduced allowing a lighter "feel" and more contact with a rough track. I have noticed that the factory "race" springs have a higher rate, suggesting they might be countering some of the sway with stiffer springs. (just conjecture). I visited with some of the tech types I've run into associated with Formula racing and inspected their sway bar setups. Adjustability is a regular feature so they can tune for different tracks.