FAO E36 owners. What size ARBs?

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:50 pm

For Jason and BIGBIMMA (and any other E36 owners). What size ARBs are you using? I found the 328 Sport with its 25.5 mm front and 18 mm rear to be more neutral than understeer biased. In terms of options I am looking at Whiteline bars. They sell 27mm for the front and 20mm fixed or 22mm adjustable for the rear. I don't want to make the car too lairy but equally want it more neutral to oversteer biased. What do you have?

Fast Eddy · Post by **Fast Eddy** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:17 pm

Tommy,
I supplied 27 and 22 to Jason plus some new polybushes. He has done a track day since and is impressed.
I am sure he would be happy to comment.
Eddy

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:09 pm

hi tommy i'm glad eddy can recall what i bought :oops: the set up i have is ; white line adjustable arb front and rear

polybushed rear subframe and rear trailing arms , front lollipop poly bushes , x brace, eibach pro street coilover kit,
toyo r888 tyres , the car has been lightened by removal of non essensial items .

i have just checked the car and the set up i was running was front arb soft rear arb hard slight toe out on the front

and slight toe in on the rear . i'm not a suspension expert so this may be miles out but i went with the intention of playing around

with the settings but to be honest i was having so much fun i could'nt be ar@ed. :-D the only real comparison i have is i took it out with just the tyres and the cross brace first and was well impressed how balanced it was .

last time with all the mods the car felt very balanced i was getting moderate understeer but was able to balance it out very easily with the throttle i never really encountered any major oversteer i don't think .

stu may be able to give some more detail as he went for a pax lap .

i will soften the rear arb next time out and stiffen the front just to if that equals my grip out more as i think it must be rear biased at the moment .

at the end of the day its all personal preference some people don't believe in uprating arbs just better suspension is all that is needed , in conclusion though i have to say if any one mod made stood out to make a difference it was the tyres

cheers

jason

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:17 pm

Thanks for the write up Jason. Since my car is currently really well balanced I think I will leave the ARBs until after the coilovers are fitted and we'll reassess then whether to go for ARBs.