Adjustable Swaybar
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 2:32 pm
I saw something on a Speed Academy video that you guys might find interesting. Probably old news to the guys who have payed more attention to racing suspension tech, but check out the adjustable swaybar on this Grand Am Corvette:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ7N2NEzIwA&t=128s
The compliance of the swaybar is controlled by the orientation of a heavily milled beam that can rotate around a pivot on the bar. Via a control line in the cockpit, the beam can be rotated so that it's either bending in its stiffest direction or in its most flexible. I love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ7N2NEzIwA&t=128s
The compliance of the swaybar is controlled by the orientation of a heavily milled beam that can rotate around a pivot on the bar. Via a control line in the cockpit, the beam can be rotated so that it's either bending in its stiffest direction or in its most flexible. I love it.