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overb0ost
08-21-2007, 01:59 PM
so Drift Alliance came to toronto for the drift mania event as the judges.

awesome event and good demo given by the DA guys.

i took a bit of time to check each of the cars and i found one thing that boggled my mind.

Ryan Turek's red s13 coupe....had no endlinks on his rear swaybar

completely disconnected so basically non-functional since they were not connected to the RLCA. the swaybar seemed to be the hicas swaybar since it was thicker then a stock s14 sway.

i asked one of the guys, i believe it was angelo (rx8) and he said the reason being is because ryan wanted the rear suspension to be more independent. the track layout was slightly bumpy so that could be a reason.

anyone try running no swaybar? im guessing there would be a bunch of body roll in the rear.

how would this affect the cars handling?

just curious as i've never seen such a setup before.

i beleive the spring rates on his coils is 8/6, not sure what coils he's running tho.

seems like all the 240sx drift alliances cars had no aftermarket swaybars....

:confused:
Brian
08-21-2007, 02:01 PM
my car doesn't have aftermarket bars either.

wopppy hi ho silver away
axiomatik
08-21-2007, 02:53 PM
with the stiffness of coilovers, the car is not going to be rolling all over the place. I'd bet a car with coilovers and no sway bars will roll less than a car with stock suspension and aftermarket sway bars.
Edgar
08-21-2007, 04:42 PM
pictures............
Irukandji
08-21-2007, 04:46 PM
a lot of people don't run aftermarket sway bars.
i just ran a hicas rear sway bar and coilovers and it was gravy
hybrid_S
08-21-2007, 05:46 PM
Pics: http://www.torontonissan.ca/forums/showthread.php?threadid=2737

Great show by DA. Too bad a lot of Torontonians don't appreciate the sport much. The turnout and crowd participation wasn't the greatest. I hope DMCC still comes back next year!
overb0ost
08-21-2007, 08:50 PM
actually the event had a lot of people the 2nd day

this being the first drift event in toronto ever....id say it did pretty well bringing in people

pictures from a professional photographer (not me)

http://www.phoenixragezero.com/DMCCR4A/

http://www.phoenixragezero.com/DMCCR4B/
Dousan_PG
08-21-2007, 09:34 PM
ya ryans car is great
i rmember putting that diff in at CSB
ugh sucks
but ya
he runs 8/6
might sometimes do the 8/5
he used to have stiffer but he prefers the rear being much softer.
his coilovres are very good quality too, KW is what he runs.

as does all of DA is using KW.