Front anti roll bar?

1. manta Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2009 Jonathan Tonk's yard. Posts: 4232 '85 Opel Manta '88 Manta GT/E '87 Rayleigh Roadi

   #1 2nd February 2010, 17:17

   I've been browsing through my haynes manual and have stumbled upon a section to do with front anti roll bars on a 1.1.
   
   Can you adjust them? Am I right in saying they help prevent body roll?
2. willsy West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S

   #2 2nd February 2010, 17:19

   They are fixed and cannot be adjusted.
   
   You can change the bushes for stiffer ones though, but you probably wont notice any significant difference in the suspension behaviour from just those bushes alone
3. manta Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2009 Jonathan Tonk's yard. Posts: 4232 '85 Opel Manta '88 Manta GT/E '87 Rayleigh Roadi

   #3 2nd February 2010, 17:22

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by willsy They are fixed and cannot be adjusted. You can change the bushes for stiffer ones though, but you probably wont notice any significant difference in the suspension behaviour from just those bushes alone

   Ah fair enough, is there anything else I could do to make it feel stiffer and less roll in the corners?
4. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

   #4 2nd February 2010, 17:28

   better springs/shocks mate.. lower suspension to give less area for the car to flex
   try tipping something high over compared to something low if you get what i mean, less leverage. my saxo is dropped 50mm and there is next to no body roll its lovely
5. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

   #5 2nd February 2010, 17:29

   could you not retro fit a VTR/S ARB which is 22mm as aposed the 18mm (i think) you have now
6. willsy West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S

   #6 2nd February 2010, 17:45

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Lew_C could you not retro fit a VTR/S ARB which is 22mm as aposed the 18mm (i think) you have now

   You can, but in order to do so you need the VT* wishbones aswel, and to fit the VT* ARB you need the VT lower strut legs to allow fitting of the droplinks which mount between the end of the ARB and lower strut leg on each side
   
   Its all easy enough to do, but you do need all those parts to do it
7. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

   #7 2nd February 2010, 17:49

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by willsy You can, but in order to do so you need the VT* wishbones aswel, and to fit the VT* ARB you need the VT lower strut legs to allow fitting of the droplinks which mount between the end of the ARB and lower strut leg on each side Its all easy enough to do, but you do need all those parts to do it

   sounds like a bit of a ball ache to me