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2011-01-14 21:00:15

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Shawn, how much stiffer is the Progress compared to the Whiteline? I have that one a.t.m., on stiffest setting...

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2011-01-14 21:18:28

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I can get oversteer out of a stock B13 XE auto but not often. Rocking a progress or similar heim jointed sway on full soft is good for daily driving a B13 SE-R.

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2011-01-14 21:39:24

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Originally Posted by Benito
I can get oversteer out of a stock B13 XE auto but not often.

Hand brake doesn't count.

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2011-01-15 00:24:29

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Originally Posted by BenFenner

Something else was wrong with your car if this happened to you. The alignment was bad, the tires were mismatched, the tire pressures were wacky, or something. Or you didn't install the adjustable (progress) rear sway bar. With the progress rear bar on full soft, you're going to have less oversteer than stock, but you'll still have oversteer, and plenty of it at all times under all conditions. You have to go up to the middle setting to even begin to flirt with oversteer's third cousin's dog's trainer. What other threads have you been reading that reinforced your notion?

I didn't mention in this thread that I also had an Active Tuning RSTB and NOTHING done to the front end... (recent alignment, CSK's new from Steve Foltz, brand new hypercoils, this is back in 2005)

http://www.sr20-forum.com/autocross-rallycross/26570-b13-progress-rear-sway-twitchy-advice.html

Originally Posted by Shawn

For anybody with a B13, go buy the Progress bar and set it appropriately. It is a no-brainer, nothing to think about or any polls necessary.

I am not sure if it was full stiff or what, I didn't install it and didn't know what I know now..
I have a Suspension Techniques Front Sway bar on now, did that first this time.

Maybe it didn't dial in actual oversteer, but it sure reduced the hell out of the understeer, whatever it did..

Also, I hit a patch of sand and lost control.. when I went to correct, I went into a spin..

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2011-01-15 01:07:39

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Originally Posted by vqman

Also, I hit a patch of sand and lost control.. when I went to correct, I went into a spin..

You hit the brakes?

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2011-01-15 02:02:36

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Originally Posted by wnwright

You hit the brakes?

God no, not in a turn, I was in a turn.. that would have spun me 'round for sure.. I just remember that left and right came a LOT quicker after installing both the RSTB and progress anti-sway bar.... and when I hit this corner on a sweeping right turn and "powerslid" and ended up hitting some sand.. at this point the rear end started going further to the left and I tried to correct by steering to the left.. from there everything was a blur..

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2011-01-15 02:38:54

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Originally Posted by M0J0

Shawn, how much stiffer is the Progress compared to the Whiteline? I have that one a.t.m., on stiffest setting...

I do not know the answer to that one. If you find out, please post that information.

Originally Posted by vqman

I am not sure if it was full stiff or what, I didn't install it and didn't know what I know now ..

Setting the Progress rear sway bar on full stiff is for guys who seriously know how to drive. Track hounds.

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2011-01-15 02:41:11

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Originally Posted by Shawn
Setting the Progress rear sway bar on full stiff is for guys who seriously know how to drive. Track hounds.

right, but the shop that put it on may not have known this, as I gave them no direction....

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2011-01-15 02:49:20

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Originally Posted by xCONWRATHx

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That's me haha. All jokes aside I would say Progress is your best bet.

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2011-01-15 03:04:37

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Originally Posted by vqman

right, but the shop that put it on may not have known this, as I gave them no direction....

That's why you sign a thing that says "buyer beware".

In all seriousness its all about how you drive. B14s will snap oversteer at 85-90mph too. IF you don't know that and don't react properly its driver error. Its not like I've never spun out in cloverleaf exit/on ramp in a B13/14 either but I've had them sideways a few times. I've never seen one that was stupidly tail happy. In most cases quite the opposite.

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