Date:         Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:09:13 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 15" tire pressures?
Comments: To: Ed <email99@bellsouth.net>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2008073110273718@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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My apologies.

I was obviously already asleep when I wrote "thicker rear bar".  Should have
been "thicker front bar".



On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 7:20 AM, Ed <email99@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> A thicker rear stabilizer bar will cause more oversteer not understeer.  A
> rear stabilizer bar will decrease the traction of the rear, relative to the
> front, in a turn.
>
>
> The reason many cars have only a front stabilizer bar is to insure a
> predictable amount of understeer so the average driver will not get into
> trouble.  Adding a rear bar increases the amount of oversteer so most
> manufactures increase the size of the front bar when a rear bar is added.
>
> Ed
>
>
>
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:02:31 -0700, Jake de Villiers
> <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> >Sure it is Scott - understeer is understeer, whether via a thicker rear
> bar,
> >harder rear tires or dual rear wheels.
> >
> >All of those things make the rear resist directional change.
> >
> >Yuck
> >
>



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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
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