This brings to mind another question...
Are front sway bars worth it as well, or is it mainly the rear one that matters?

Thanks for your input everyone, I think I will buy the Progress 22mm when I get the money.

 

front sway bars increas understeer (you don't want that) rear sway bars increase oversteer...

 

maybe everyone understands this already but hondas generally understeer, so you replace the rear sway to increase oversteer and overall make steering more neutral.

 

addco makes a rear for the 4th gens, 80something at summit but is back ordered till june. 22.x mm.

 

Would that be the way to go since it is cheaper price-wise, since I hear brand doesn't matter too much.

 

You may want to play w/ tire pressures (front & back) if/when you put on a thicker bar since your car will definitely have less understeer after the install. Don't go too radical on the increased thickness of the rear bar, as a little oversteer is fine/excessive oversteer can wreck you (unless you're a very experienced driver and/or autocrossing, as it could help the car to turn in sharper on tight/slow speed corners. High speed sweepers - look out ! (my son learned the hard way, and put his Teg on it's roof the second day he had it, as he hadn't sorted out the newly induced oversteer from an overly thick rear bar. . .)

Also check the condition of your endlinks when you change bars, since they will be under more stress with a stiffer (thicker) bar. If you purchase a used bar inspect the bushings that came with it - your old ones will not be usable due to thicker diameter of the new bar. (you'll need new brackets for the buishings too, and they should come with the new bar) While you're at it, inspect the bushings for your front stock sway bar, and prepare to spend less than $10. for new stock Honda bushings. Avoid being talked into urethane bushings - they're expensive, usually squeak, and you'll probably only notice an increase in ride harshness, and little actual improvement in handling.

 

Thanks a lot for the info, it helps a lot. Thanks for the warning as well, I'll keep that in mind, sorry to hear about your sons accident, that's no good...

 

Yeah, the rear sway will help A LOT in making the car more neutral. I find it quite a bit more fun to drive now, and am still waiting to see how it compares.. or how much faster my times will be autocrossing this next weekend. As long as it makes up 2.5 seconds (on a mile course) I'll be beating the modded STI and EVO.

I got the progress, and many people that had the S/T switched to the progress, and were very happy. So its worth the 170 shipped.

 

Is that on a 4th gen accord, if so what other mods you got on that baby to beat those moded cars you mentioned

 

Yeup.. 4th gen

h22, full exhaust, coilovers, rear sway, front upper. currently running on potenzas.

This page.. all the way at the bottom (street mod novice) evo shouldnt actually be in there since he has r compounds.
http://www.gulfcoastautocrossers.com...sults0505.html

heres the sTI.. last event was the only one this year that he beat me... gotta keep it that way.


no pix of the evo... I know it has a bunch to do with the driver obviously. The evo driver was still amazed how the heck i was keeping up. LSD would be great aswell.