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Originally posted by 911pcars
Here's a similar setup on a TransAm car., but I saw only one cable.
Sherwood
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Hi Sherwood,
This might be common knowledge but it’s new to me.
Although both blades are adjustable, unlike a common sway bar only one blade need be moved for a fine adjustment.
I expect the setting on the non cable controlled blade would determine the effectiveness of the cable controlled blade.
For example...
If it was going to rain you might want the cable blade pre-set on the stops so in the rain you could get max change to the set up.
In the dry you might want the car dialed in and the cable blades in the middle of the cable travel providing instead equal hard and soft sway bar adjustments.
Regardless of the desired set up, synchronizing the front and rear cablle contolled blades for similar effect.
Of note, as the blade goes through its entire arc of travel the changes are not linear. For example in your picture the blade appears half way through it's arc. I expect though in that postion the bar may be actually some percentage more stiff than soft.
Thanks for the photo. I asked Trans Am Racer Mike Davis about his cable contolled sway bars and he mentioned he used his frequently in the wet sessions or rain races.