September 16, 1997
By: Robert Leidy

If you like to take exit ramps at speed or participate in Driver's Schools and Autocrosses, larger Sway Bars will significantly improve the 'turn-in' of your Z3 and reduce understeer. The Racing Dynamics Swaybars sets include a 27mm front bar and a 17mm rear bar along with all of the mounting and reinforcement hardware necessary for the proper installation.

It took a lot of thinking to talk myself into trying this upgrade. After all, the Z3 handles better than any car I have ever been it (let alone driven). It was on the last day of the first Z3 reunion that I got a chance to talk to Mark Hughes who owns and drives the BMW sponsored Z3 race car. There were four or five of us talking to him when the conversation turned to what improvements he would suggest for the stock Z3. To make a long story short he stressed how well the Z3 was designed to be a performance car, but how the design was compensated to meet mass market approval. He said that a good first step would be thicker sway bars. He cautioned against stiffer springs and shocks if the Z3 was your everyday car, but said thicker sway bars would improve handling without compromising ride comfort.

Okay so that's how I got talked into it, now that I have them I'm going to track down Mr. Hughes at the next reunion and buy him a beer, or two, or three. Just like he promised I haven't been able to tell any loss of ride comfort, but put the Z3 into a hard turn and you'll immediately notice how little the car leans. It will take you most of a Saturday to install the things, but it's time well spent. If someday I upgrade from my 1.9 to a 2.8 these things will moving with me.

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