Sway Bar Theory with Keith Tanner (FM Live)

This week on our live video, Keith broadcasts from home to give us some knowledge about sway bars! Why do they exist? What do they do?

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[philjones]

Keith, I really appreciate these 'home' videos your are posting. Great content - well done for sharing all your knowledge. More

[maxcactus]

The Sultan of Sway .... very clever! Another extremely well done video, clearly explained and made easy to understand.

[ammaralnashed]

By far the most comprehensive and best video regarding this topic on YouTube

[jasonpark]

I just added a rear sway on my Tundra! Much better road manners, not good for off roading but since I only pull a camper and do not off road, I am loving it!

[driftaw]

"unless you're just putting coilovers because you want it to be mad low, in which case doesn't really matter you're not watching this channel because we're talking about performance here" Good one !

I got your front bar to fix an handling quirk, as you said, a long time ago, as it was too oversteery, only to find months later that the previous buyer installed stiffer springs, but the rears in the front, and the fronts in the rear. Imagine how scary it was entering a curve at speed. :O

Thanks for the advice for the helm join, exactly what I got like so many others, I guess. I will now look (or listen) at them, and replace them once they go "tichik-a-tichik-a-tichik" soon.
I like the adjustability to get rid of preloads, so I guess your 13-99050 end links does the same thing but with a ball joint?

[NUW]

This video is TOO GOOD. Clearest explanation I've ever seen.

[elementaljosh]

I’m really lovin these videos lately. Been doing a lot of work on my NA6, and am considering getting a wrecked nb just to cannibalize the suspension components and drivetrain, it seems a lot cheaper to do that all at once than buying individual performance parts over time lol

[motorpsykler]

Great video, a sway bar upgrade is on my short list. I'm still at the fixing-the-problems stage though. Wouldn't mind hearing a little about that MGB-GT LS-V8 behind you some time!

[michaelherbert]

I also have a modified STi that I autocross. Many speed bumps are in my area & like most folks I tried to run one side thru the flat spot in the middle. Well... I was going thru front & rear swaybar endlinks, about 2 sets/year. Thought about it for a bit. I started taking all speed bumps so both front & rear tires would impact the bumps at the same time. It's been four years since I replaced the last set.

[XrayxRich]

I bought your Sway Bar Set in '04. I installed them with the Front bar on Stiff and the Rear bar in the Middle hole. I used new OEM End Links.
In '07, about 140K miles. the OEM Sway Bar Brackets sheared. I installed your Heavy Duty Sway Bar Brackets. We've been happy ever since.

I've owned my '99 since summer '04 and 50K miles. I never tracked the car, mostly commute, trips and now pleasure. I live in rural KY/TN with hills and curves.

[cupofmozzarella]

Watching this from NL after getting on the track yesterday and realizing my FWD Ibiza Cupra with coilovers is almost tipping over, pretty sure I almost drove on 2 tires at some point haha. This was a great video, gonna need to look into the swaybar situation. Especially the explanation of the endlink location was great.

[apbosh]

Thank you for explaining. Really informative and just what I wanted to learn.

[iZR]

Amazing vid
Would love to see something on Roll centre's. Mainly roll centre adjustments Vs Anti rollbar stiffness With the objective being overall traction throughout a corner.

[parkerwhite]

You have sports car passion as demonstrated by the MGB behind you

[dadzilla]

Thanks for the video... I love the big brake willwoods I've gotten from FM and look to see more information on products you offer, Cheers!

[lesp]

This is as much as I need to know about sway bars. Thank you for doing it. 👍

[davidstorm]

Great video, very informative. I just replaced my stock NC sway bars with RX8 yellows front and rear (sorry, not flyin' miata) and it has transformed the car. Still very neutral but so much less roll and better grip. I'm in the UK, it's easy to source the RX8 bars and they fit exactly with no mods required, as the NC is built on the same platform as the RX8.

[Ryan-zpes]

Great video. I don't have a Miata but I found this while looking for info on how to replace my sway bar links. This gave me a great overall understanding of how everything related to it works. Thanks for the info!

[violinmiata]

Thanks for the quality programming!
My own thoughts are these: if I had to do it again I’d go with only a bigger aftermarket front bar set neutral…I have racing beat front and rear, with their end links. Fm voodoo 2 power, Bilstein PSS coilovers. Always have had issues with oversteer and found full loose on rear with a medium setting up front works for the street. Autocross sometimes on a large course disconnecting the rear helps with getting a fast time. Adjusting the rear is one of the best tools to have. Lube the bars or break end links!! Hemispherical solid end links are horrible, especially on a street car.

[danjohnstone]

In a corner, the outside is raised, which also raises the inside via the roll bar and flattens the car. Sounds like you are saying that the inside goes in the opposite direction from the outside, but that would increase the roll. Correct me if I'm wrong.