Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
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Anybody know the dimensions of em, or where i can get a set cheapo... all i need now from my xe conversion parts list 
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James R
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Registered: 4th Feb 03
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Don't bother, and dump the anti roll bar 
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Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
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quote:
Originally posted by j1400
Don't bother, and dump the anti roll bar
how will that handle then 
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
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quote:
Originally posted by SRi-Co
quote:
Originally posted by j1400
Don't bother, and dump the anti roll bar
how will that handle then
better!
if you insist on using the anti roll bar then get the spacers from lowering your tie bars... there supposed to improove handling
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Stoneyginger
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Registered: 25th Jan 01
Location: Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
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I dont use my anti roll bar anymore, used to pick a wheel up off the ground on tight corners now it handles miles better without it 
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James R
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Yep they handle better once you are runngin harder springs anyways,
Sibs is correct lowering the tie bar mount improves the handling by increasing the caster on the sus.
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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the extra weight of the bigger engine means the car is more likely to slide out the front end round corners. if you bin the anti roll bar, it creates more body roll at the front, giving it more chance to keep traction and wheels on the road. you can corner faster without it, tests on my backroads proved this. i got home 4 seconds quicker one night
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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I never had an anti rollbar on mine... I guess most people recomend to keep it that way? Save me a bit of money too
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ainsley_brader
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
the extra weight of the bigger engine means the car is more likely to slide out the front end round corners. if you bin the anti roll bar, it creates more body roll at the front, giving it more chance to keep traction and wheels on the road. you can corner faster without it, tests on my backroads proved this. i got home 4 seconds quicker one night
A whole 4 seconds eh
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
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not an anti-roll bar on mine either........
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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ainsley_brader - 4 seconds is a lot if you in desperate need for a crap after a bad curry night before lol.
only difference i really noticed was when i threw it into a roundabout it didnt slide and wasnt on as much opposite lock trying to pull front end back round.
think about it though, getting rid of it is weight saving
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
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i have one, its over there in the corner 
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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ive been using mine for the new olympic boomerang event. just dont blink or get something in your eye as it fair hurts when it comes flying back
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
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mines gone too, turns in much better without it
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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just so i know.... its the 2 bars at the bottom is it not??
Pics!
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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This is what it would look like if you have no anti roll bar, the two bars are suspension tie bars, not ARB's. An ARB is an extra bit that connects the wtwo tie bars toether.
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langey
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Registered: 7th Sep 03
Location: Wigan
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ye its them to bars redsport, but there attatched as 1 peace.
i'll not bother putting mine back on either, will it still handle good without it if i'm being towed??
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langey
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Registered: 7th Sep 03
Location: Wigan
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off topics, ed do you have to taque the bolts on the brake calipers?? i just laced mine on
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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tourque brake calliper bolts? what posh coversion is that??? i just tightened em by hand, then nipped up with a breaker bar slightly
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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I didn't want the brakes falling off at 130mph Though I guess you can just whip them up... Just had the torque wrench at hand....
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langey
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oh right so laceing them up is ok. lol.
infact my calipers are in the boot, best remember to put them on
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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there are tourque settings for every bolt on every engine. mate who works for vw showed me a book for mk4 golfs. rocker cover bolts at 3nm and shit like that.
i just tighten until im happy except with head bolts and internal engine bits etc.
doing it by the book is the way to do it properly though
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Used my torque wrench for nearly every bolt on the engine
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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you proffesional. take a bow, lol
i judge things on how my 16stone of pure eating muscle would bounce up and down on a long bar without breaking anything. i am a human tourque wrench, or just quite heavy with a long bar to jump on. either works for me
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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ahhhh that bit ehhhh!
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