HuntingPudel
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- First Name
- Steve
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- 2021 MME GT-PE, 1979 Fire-Am, 1972 K/5 Blazer
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- Engineering
Correct, the front and rear bars don’t need to be set the same. Tire pressure changes are more of a fine-tuning tool. Mike had already used tire pressure as an adjustment for his front ride issue. General rule of thumb is to choose springs that prevent bottoming given your track surface, set the front bar’s characteristics to provide the amount of roll you need in the body, choose a rear bar that will get you as close to neutral as possible, then fine-tune with tire pressure. Of course, there are cars that run on their bump stops so tires are the only tuning tool.So the front and rear bars do not have to be set to the same stiffness. Stiffening the rear more will reduce understeer ("soften the end that isn't working" is the suspension setup rule of thumb).
Modern cars have a lot of understeer dialed in at the factory to prevent lawsuits. The fact that the GT actually allows a little tail-wagging in stock trim is both awesome and shocking.
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