There is also something quite different about the 340/360 bar but I'll try and make some ilistrations to show this

Nikdev wrote:Have you guys thought about the quality of the material? for example the sway bars on a Toyota's is much thicker then Volvo`s and that's because the quality of the steel...

This difference has nothing to do with the quality of the steel. The E-moduli of various steel varieties are virtually the same, so the stiffnesses end up the same too..
The difference in thickness has more relation to the length of the moment arms, which are again influenced mostly by packaging constraints.

I definitely think you should ask for a DORIIIIIFTOOOOOOO anti-roll bar

cheers

James

I've not had time to do a sketch to show the issue with comparing the 340 arb to that of a 240.

The stiffness of a anti roll bar is determined by the bar diameter and the leverage length. The leverage is the distance from where the bar mounts to the body to the link rod. This length is almost twice as long on the 340 compared to a 240!

Looking at it that way a 27mm bar is not so out of the question. From a weight point of veiw I would rather have a hollow bar for this.

For my own set up I'm still looking at the 23mm mark to give the car the kind of feel I want but the 19mm bar is going to have to do for a while yet.

Well after gwtting a chance to fool around in the wet tonight i have to say i'm still happy with the bar, there is more understeer if you provoke it, but the car retains a oversteer balance and does it with noticably less roll, so i can't complain about it, now to stiffen up the rear...