Torsion bars for stock suspension rebuild

dgc333 said
Gee Greg!
That page is contradictory. It states increasing front roll stiffness will increase understeer or it will decrease understeer, see the quote from the page.

"Front roll resistance increases, increasing understeer or decreasing oversteer. May also reduce camber change, allowing better tire contact patch compliance with the road surface, reducing understeer."

My experience has been putting a sway bar on a car that doesn't have one is that will decrease understeer likely for the reason in the second sentance of the quote.
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It is the reduction of camber change that 'may' reduce understeer. This is completely dependant on the cars front suspension geometry. If the outside tire in a turn folds over onto the sidewall, then of course it's going to push. The swar bar can eliminate some of that tendancy because it lessens the up/down travel of the front wheels thereby reducing the camber change. However, the purpose of the sway bar is to control weight transfer, not front tire camber.