by dave-r » 09 Nov 2005 18:07
A rear sway bar is always a good thing as long as you already have a front bar.
Chrysler should have fitted front and rear bars on all the challengers right from the start.
But if your car already has a tendancy to oversteer (going too fast around a corner and the back end slides out) then increasing the spring rate at the rear by adding a bar will make this worse. The fix is to increase the front roll rate with a bigger bar (or stiffer torsion bars) there.
However most Challenger understeer to some degree (too fast into a corner and the car tries to go straight instead of around) and a rear bar will improve this as well as keeping the car more level in the corners.
The more level the car is on a turn the more weight is on all four wheels and grip is improved.