Setup of the Sway Barbarian

It is recommended that you become familiar with the characteristics of the Sway Barbarian before "pushing it" in higher speed maneuvers.  Without becoming adjusted to your car's new handling, you may lose control of your vehicle.

After the front and rear Sway Barbarians have been installed, it is recommended that the front be set to FULL STIFF (which is the innermost of the three holes) and the rear to FULL SOFT (holes closest to the ends).  This setup will give your car the reasonable understeer with the Sway Barbarians.  From there, you can tune the bars to your driving style. 

For advanced users, note that you can set the front and rear bar in "middle" positions.  For example, the rear E36 M3 Sway Barbarian has two adjustment holes.  Conventional thinking would assume that you have two positions, stiffer (holes furthest away from the ends of the bar) or softer (holes on the ends of the bar).  For increased fine tuning, you can set one side to soft and the other side to stiff.  The vehicle does not know the different from side-to-side when it comes to bar stiffness, so in effect, you have a "middle" position.

You can fine tune the handling of your car with other parameters as well.  See below for a reference chart as a guide.

PARAMETER TO INCREASE UNDERSTEER TO INCREASE OVERSTEER
Front Tire Pressure Lower Higher
Rear Tire Pressure Higher Lower
Front Tire Width Smaller Larger
Rear Tire Width Larger Smaller
Front Camber More Positive More Negative
Rear Camber More Negative More Positive
Front Springs Stiffer Softer
Rear Springs Softer Stiffer
Front Sway Bar Stiffer Softer
Rear Sway Bar Softer Stiffer

 

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