Roll bars on an SX2

[cutting42]

Hi All

My son is getting to grips with his SX2 and asked me if roll bars would be worth trying at the front or rear as he has seen them on my B44.1

I have had a quick search and it seems they are not talked about much. We race on outdoor astro, quite bumpy and he will be racing indoor carpet as well in the future.

Any advice please?

[adamjimny]

they make a dramatic difference on the cat

id only use them on a tight not very bumper track but id prefer to just to up the weight oil in the shocks if less roll is needed.

on the sx alot of the time they can be set up to work well withought roll bars but if you do use them them soft or medium is all you will use. iv never been able to use a hard one yet

[cutting42]

Thank you for the comments. If you fitted them would you fit front and rear or just one end?

Otherwise he is still learning the car so we have not got much into set-up except for tyres and ride height so far. Oils and springs need to be investigated as well.

[adamjimny]

All depends on how you want it to drive

Id just spend time on oil and spring setup really...very rare you need a roll bar on a sx2 as a lot can be altered with setup. Moving rear shocks camber toe in/out caster etc but usually resort to roll bar as a last option and ive used them all ways both just rear just front etc but normall can setup so as to only need a front if needed. Not expensive to buy bout 11 per end which comes with soft med hard in each and all fittings but id play with springs oils and setup long before trying the roll bars....may be a good thing to have in the pit box though just incase as the front one is a usefull way of quickly reducing how twitchy the car is but the cars handle better with out one.

The can grip roll after landing a jump slightly out of line but they wont without the roll bar. Although they do make the car faster in corners on carpet when theres very few jumps

Experiment....there a great car iv just got my 3rd one!

[cutting42]

Great reply, many thanks. It is clear we need to get a set of springs and try different oils to get a better handle on setup. We have the ability to switch to rear mounted shocks as well so will have a play first.

Thanks again!

[adamjimny]

No problem pal

Any more help with it just msg me