handling question?

bluestang1724 · Oct 17, 2007

so when i bought my car it was set up for the drag strip, but i dont like all the things they did to it. for example they took off the front sway bar and i hate the way it handles and it has ALOT of body roll!! the other day i was racing my friend's 04' GTO and we hit around 145mph and when i taped my brakes the car swayed really bad! i thought the car was gonna lose control. and i wanted to know if there is anything i can do to improve the handling without hurting its performance at the track? and what are some other things i could get to improve my 60ft time at the drag strip?

95Grandtouring5.0 · Oct 17, 2007

Sadly it is hard to have both worlds. Go buy a front sway bar, now the rear sway bar will hurt your times by a few tenths, but I would put it back in there anyway. And get some drag radials.

Paul · Oct 17, 2007

For starters, reinstall your front swaybar. If you want to go to the strip, just unhook an endlink and you're back in business.

ranger50toy · Oct 17, 2007

I thought the purpose for removing the front sway-bar was weight, and to allow the front to rise up more. Wont removing just 1 side still hold the front down?

Paul · Oct 17, 2007

Your front swaybar doesn't weight that much.

No, it won't.

ddrracing · Oct 17, 2007

+1 to that. front sway bar will only weigh about 5 pounds. I guess its all a matter of if you want the car to be streetable as well.

Stangbangin · Oct 18, 2007

I think you'll be happier with a car that is a nice medium of both street and strip car. Alot of cars that have handling mods can still run good times at the track, just got find the right combo.