19mm or 22mm Rear Sway Bar... Help!

My question is:  Should I go with the 19mm or 22mm H-Sport rear sway bar?   I drive my Mini nearly every day, so I'm a little worried to have too harsh of a ride.

Thanks for any input...

Edited by hapa67 - October/20/07 at 2:54pm

Let me know if you want help installing your bar.  With two people, you can get the job done in a couple of hours.

Pat

Hey,

I had a similar experience with them. I waited and called and was told they had problems with the order and was asked if I'd like an H-sport 25mm instead.  I am happy to report my H-sport showed up on my porch today so Pat, I may need some help buddy.  Hang in there, yours may be on the way.

Edited by hip check - October/19/07 at 10:46am

Cosmic - you are welcome to come - sounds like we will have several opportunities for you to come play.  Mitch - this weekend is out, and hapa67 might be coming over on the 27th/28th.  Not a good idea to try doing two cars at once - tried that once with RobN and Kulmini.  Probably best to do one at a time, but...  Pat

hapa67 wrote: P.s.  Any of you who've replied to my post happen to participate in the Wine Tour last Saturday?  I was wondering if we've met or not.  That was our first MINI drive we've been on with the club.  It was a blast!   I'm looking forward to the next get together.

The wife and I were in "her" BRG MCC, "Leprecn", on the wine run.  I don't recall if we had a chance to speak, but if not, I'm sure we will soon.

Hapa67
As others have mentioned, go with the bigger bar!

YakiMini (Tristan... Mini-Madness)
I was there the day you dropped your Mini off for the Stage 2 kit. You have a BEAUTIFUL/Clean Mini!




Edited by YakiMini - October/22/07 at 11:12am

I put on the Ireland Engineering hollow 23MM bar (24/25mm equivalent), and have been tightening it ever since.  I started at about a quarter inch from the end, and am now about an inch in (this bar has a slider adjustment).  I get the car to rotate well in the rain if necessary to keep a corner tight, but in the dry may need to go a bit more.

I rode with one of the instructors in his very well balanced (and modified) GT3 at the last track day yesterday.  What a HOOT.  Jeff was steering with his foot as much as with the steering wheel.  I'm going tighter in the dry.  I'll mark the bar where it is for street and wet track days, and keep going in quarter inch increments until I can steer better with my foot when in the dry.

So, long story short, the 25mm bar might just be OK out on the end for daily driving conditions and wet track conditions.  You've also got room to adjust for dry track days.

If anybody wants to learn about throttle steering, we can make that a subject for the class Mark and I are still working on.  Mr. Cupcake?

Pat