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Old May 1, 2001 | 12:08 PM
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Rear inner tire lifting in hard cornering.

Does anyones inner rear tire lift during medium and hard cornering? What causes this. I might have my rear sway bar endlinks too tight? The car corners amazingly but just kicks in the end.

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Old May 1, 2001 | 02:24 PM
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The rear sway bar (or springs) are too stiff. You either need to drop down to a smaller sway bar or softer springs. This is a common problem in auto-x'ing, with the same solution as above. In fact, most F-bodies in the F Stock class and the next class up (it's name escapes me at the moment) just leave the rear sway bar and springs alone, and some even tune the shocks softer if they have adjustable shocks.

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Old May 1, 2001 | 05:35 PM
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Well... I've got matched everything... tokiko's all around, eibach sportlines all around, and suspensions techniqs swaybars front and back... Also got global west subs... i guess my question is how much should i torque the endlinks on the swaybars? i didnt lift the inner tire before i messed with them. thanks!

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85 2.8L Sport Coupe 5-speed.
Mods: Hpertech chip and powerstat, MSD 6A-L, Crane fireball coil, Dynomax hi-flow cat and catback system with a dynomax magnum race bullet muffler on the i-pipe, K&N filterchargers, Eibach and Tokiko springs/shocks setup, Global west sub frames, Suspension techniqs front and rear sway bars, and good ole 88 IROC wheels with Kumo Ecstas on em!
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Old May 4, 2001 | 07:43 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by AntiVTEC:
Well... I've got matched everything... tokiko's all around, eibach sportlines all around, and suspensions techniqs swaybars front and back... Also got global west subs... i guess my question is how much should i torque the endlinks on the swaybars? i didnt lift the inner tire before i messed with them. thanks!
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That's what I'm saying, you don't have a "matched" set-up if you're lifting your rear inner tire. Before messing with the endlinks, you might've been right on the edge before lifting the rear tire, but now you've gone over the edge. I'd say tighten the endlinks enough so that the bushings just start to squish. You might want to install rubber bushings and frame mounts to loosen the rear end up some. Or, you could try out your stock rear sway bar or another 3rd-gen sway bar that's smaller than the ST bar.

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