No sway bar on broadway static coilovers 16k/18k

[dailyrider]

I recently picked up an S50 swapped E30 with the following:
Broadway static coilovers (16k/18k)
E36 M3 steering rack
E36 M3 tie rods
Treehouse offset control arm bushings

Ive owned 3 E30 but none on coilovers so this thing feels like its on rails compared to a stocker of course.

How advantageous would it be to add the front sway bar and does anyone have any recommendations on which route to go?

Thanks!
-Noob

[Jb325is]

Those rates are pretty high, it really depends on what you're planning on doing with the car. If you want to do track stuff there's a lot to talk about relating to big spring/small bar vs small spring/big bar... For a street car, you're not going to get anything from the bar with that much spring.

[dailyrider]

It's purely street for now. Thanks for the info!

[ELVA164]

(16k/18k)

Is this pounds?

:shock:

That ride must be absolutely brutal.

Edit: Just looked up my E30 M3 spring rates. 140 front, 250 rear. lololol

[ak-]

Is this pounds?

:shock:

That ride must be absolutely brutal.

kg/mm, which is still a lot. 850lbs/in+

[ELVA164]

kg/mm, which is still a lot. 850lbs/in+

Wow. As a point of reference, the 3500 Dodge Cummins dually we used to have had front springs around 400lb/in. This guy must do a lot of towing.

[Jb325is]

Yeah those rates are roughly 900/1000 in lb-in

Not unheard of for a race car, but that's really an entirely different class of damper. I think this setup was probably built for a stancy car that needed not a lot of travel for wheel clearance. No bar probably helps in this situation on a street car because you're getting the short travel and roll resistance without linking the wheels together with the bar, which would make the car more "comfortable" over bumps that only affect one corner.

[dailyrider]

Its one of the packages broadway static offers for E30's. Definitely geared for stance vs ride quality. That said its actually not a bad ride at all. Handles great in the twisty back roads of rural Wisconsin.