swaybars:st or tanabe?

[Wiisass]

It helps for relative stiffness, but it gives no answers on the actual stiffness of the bars. Because of all the bends in the bars, it is hard to estimate the stiffness on paper, that's why physical testing is necessary.

Tim

 

[Grimsta]

But only too a point. It depends on how load sensitive the tire is. With most tires, as the load increases the effective coefficient of friction of the tire decreases. So you approach a point where more load is able to produce less lateral force. And also remember than an evenly loaded pair of tires will produce more grip than a single, fully loaded tire.

Tim

Yeah, i was just trying to stress the point of traction being good. But your traction is obviously limited by the quality of your tires. Really good grippy durable tires have to be like the single best upgrade you can do to make your car drive faster

 

[Wiisass]

Right, the tire is the most important part of the equation. With all the suspension work and setups that people do, without having a good tire on there, they're just sacrificing potential grip. But once you have the good tires, you need the suspension tuned to take full advantage of the grip available. I hate seeing people run awesome tires and then a crappy setup and end up having less grip than people running not as awesome tires but a properly dialed in setup.