Anti Roll Bar Setup

The red component in the illustration below is an anti roll bar which nearly every racing car has on its rear and or front axles.

Anti roll bar setup.

After the tyre pressures which we handled in 5 2 another significant setting to tweak on the skip barber is the anti roll bar arb in the rear first of all you need to understand what an arb is and what it does to the car. The sway bars cut in and give you the stiffness when you need it. From there you can tune the bars to your driving style. However remember it is sometimes good to have one to keep the rear tied together as you come off of a corner.

The anti roll bar is mocked up on the car to check the dimensions prior to final welding. This setup will give your car a reasonable understeer baseline. The anti roll bar works to resist roll as its name suggests. I recommend running an anti roll bar in the rear because your car will be quite tight without one.

Grease is applied to the nylon flange bearings to ensure smooth rotation of the arb. If we go too stiff with the springs grip at the tyres for braking and acceleration will be adversely affected. But the anti roll bar has another super important role it acts as a second spring to add spring stiffness at the tyre but only in cornering. This article will look at how they work and how to use them to your advantage.

This style anti roll bar can be mounted in a variety of locations. The anti roll bar was setup without the torsion bar so the width of the anti roll bar can be verified. Place car on jackstands make sure the car is level and have stands under the rearend housing to maintain rear ride height. Sometimes you may need your right front to be maxed out as well depending on setup and track.

For advanced users note that you can set the front and rear bar in middle positions. Ignore this step if using a drive on lift for installation. So if you want to ensure you are cornering like a champion you want to ensure your roll bars are set up well. There is usually one on each axle of the car although older cars or cars with certain.

An anti roll bar is a metal tube which connects the suspension assembly on one side of the car to the other side. Anti roll bars or sway bars are one of the cheapest easiest and most powerful ways to influence car handling. For example the rear e36 m3 sway barbarian has two adjustment holes. Eliminate the play first get your anti roll bar.