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Old 04-16-2006, 02:07 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by SmokingSS
im pretty sure they were originally referring to removing the front sway bar, not the rear. The front sway bar is basically useless at the drag strip so removing it would just drop a little weight, BUT like brandon said.. every 100lbs equals 1/10th of a second so removign it would only give you maybe a .02 second better ET... which i dont think is worth it if for some chance you need to make a sharp manuver while driving to the track, only to wreck because of understeer.
The weight of the bar isn't as big of a factor as the weight transfer on launch. Having the front bar bolted up will cause less weight to be transferred to the rear tires by limiting the extension of the front suspension.

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