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This was in nother post.
Anybody experiencing too much oversteer - rear end getting loose with the Aussiebar? I have the bar but not yet installed awaiting feedback. So far, I have heard it improves autocross times and reduces understeer but I have also heard about lifting a wheel in the turn and do not want much tendency for the rear to come around on the steet. What do you think now that the bar has been on a while? Thanks.
1999 Amazon Green SVT Contour (#554/2760)
Stock SVT Duratec V6 with:
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Durability-Ford "dual mode" damper, Mobil 1/K&N oil filter
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The back end can come out but you gotta really throw it around a corner alot harder than most of us do or being going some insane speed around the corner. I have hit corners very hard and the oversteer is predictable and manageable.
Josh
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Ditto, no unexpected oversteer
Just a beautifully neutral car...
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Okay, so my SVT already oversteers when I trail the brakes into a hard corner... this is gonna be fun!  ... Where's my check book when I need it?!?
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Thanks all, other input???
1999 Amazon Green SVT Contour (#554/2760)
Stock SVT Duratec V6 with:
Intake- K&N filter/75mm MAF meter
Exhaust- MSDS Y-pipe/Bassani catback
Durability-Ford "dual mode" damper, Mobil 1/K&N oil filter
179.2 FWHP at 6900 RPM
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I'll chime in.
Non-SVT's have a larger front sway bar. Even with the AussieBar installed, my Cougar still understeers like a pig. Believe it or not, I'm actually thinking of possibly swapping over the svt front bar at some point. I'll move the battery to the rear first and see if that helps any.
Dan Beggs
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I have heard that putting the Aussie bar on a Zetec tour can do it as well. I think that the bar will make driving a lot more fun. Right now it understeers too much for my taste. 
· Jon Miconi
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Um, no oversteer. But I have a 95 which has the big front bar. Love my Aussie bar.
Alex in Boulder, CO
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That back end still kicks out under heavy power off or if you throw it hard into a corner.
It is just a lot more predictable and much more controllable.
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Originally posted by Bicycle019:
Um, no oversteer. I have yet to install my Aussie Bar.
· Jon Miconi
· 96 Contour Zetec ATX
· 80 Ramcharger 360 ATX
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