There was an article in SCC about evo with 1mm thicker adjustable anti roll bar
from cusco.
They seem to like the way evo felt after this mod.
Anybody has it on their car?
How is it?

I am not planing to do any other suspension modifications soon.
If this is really what the car needs I will do it.

Or is there anything else you guys would recomend?
Thanks for your help.

 

I have one. It was a nice difference, but I added the JICs immediately afterwards, so I didn't get to spend much time with just the sway bar. It is worth the money IMHO.

 

If you are serious about your driving I think you will find the Cusco too small. Someone makes a 25mm that we ran on the One Lap car and it worked well. Cusco is a 24mm (I think). We used the front cusco which was set softer than stock (~82%). The balance was just about right with this set-up. We did use the Cusco rear at first we ended up full stiff and the car still had too much mid-corner understeer hence the even larger rear bar. Hope this helps!

 

Is anti-roll bar they talking about a sway bar?
What is a bar in the trunk called?
Please educate me.
Thanks

I will be doind reaserch on 25mm then.

 

Chrono Hunter, I believe that the Cusco unit is 23mm. And Gregpol, an anti-roll bar is the same thing as a sway-bar. the brace in the trunk is called a rear strut tower bar/brace. I know Progress and Road Race Engineering have 25mm bars, I don't know if anyone else does.

 

Correct. The Cusco is 23mm. We make a 24mm 3-position adjustable one piece bar with Forged ends. These ends are NOT welded on.

The WORKS rear swaybar also fits in the stock swaybar mounts with our custom polyurethane bushings. No fussing with extraneous bracketry.

Most people run the WORKS rear swaybar in the middle setting (+35% stiffer) without any other changes. If you ever need it stiffer, why go to a heavier bar? Just change the WORKS bar to the stiffest setting at +60%.

Mention this post and get $40 off!

 

Cusco swaybar is 23mm with 3 way settings of soft, medium, and stiff. I believe soft setting is 15% stiffer, medium is 30% and Stiffest setting is about 60% stiffer as well.

 

just to let you know, the evo also has a provision for a trunk bar, not a strut tower bar but one that braces the rear trunk bed, so as not to be misunderstood in the future, i would sugest a three point ti cusco tower bar in front to save weight, a three point cusco tower bar in back, the cusco tower bar, plus a road race engineering 25 mm sway bar, but you should prolly put these mods on slowly, so you can gauge the handling changes and feel so you can take full advantage.

 

hey works, your site states that the front is 25mm and the rear is 24, is this really correct? cuz it says 1mm over stock in front and two mm over stock in rear, isn't the rear stocker 23mm? so do you have your numbers flipped? if so i'd be really interested in getting this matching set.

 

I've heard the rear Progress swaybar is thick as well as awesome. And its economical to boot!

 

Progress rear is 25mm.

 

The perrin rear bar is way nice. And comes with new mounts so you there is no chance you can bust one of the stock pieces. And it is adjustable between 3 settings.

Ben

 

I don't think mm really means anything. It's how much it stiffens it up that counts. This is especially true when comparing solid and hollow bars.

Anyways, FWIW, I put on the WORKS bar a month or so ago and highly recomend it. I have it set on the medium setting and it has made a substantial difference.

 

well... mm is proportional to how much it stiffens it, that's why they make claims like x mm over stock. they don't change the geometry of the bar. and the works one isn't solid to my knowledge. it just doesn't seem to make any sense that the front is more stiff than the rear.

 

your mid-corner understeer wasn't caused by the kaaz front LSD by chance?