coils or lowering springs?

[Face_Plant]

Originally Posted by firekat

Who votes for Torsion Bars? Did that too - Porsche 924 Turbo.

I do! It's my favorite feature on my 944!

Originally Posted by Gunman

Corvette still uses the transverse leaf.

That's just really sad. Wasn't GM trying to make the Corvette better at more than just going fast in a straight line with their recent iterations of the car?

[RayRay88]

Originally Posted by Face_Plant

I do! It's my favorite feature on my 944!



That's just really sad. Wasn't GM trying to make the Corvette better at more than just going fast in a straight line with their recent iterations of the car?

They have been since the C6, just because it uses a push rod V8 and leaf springs, doesn't mean it won't embarrass super cars 5-6 times its price in the right hands.


They continue to use leaf springs because it's lighter and packages very well compared to traditional coils. Same reason goes for the Chevy Small block.

[firekat]

Had a 4WD International Scout II. That had what I referred to a "Buggy Springs". Leaf springs mounted on both axles longitudinally. You could see them easily underneath the car very easily. The shackles for the front ones were mounted right under the front bumper. The whole setup reminded me of the springs I had seen on horse drawn buggies.

[Gunman]

Originally Posted by Face_Plant

That's just really sad. Wasn't GM trying to make the Corvette better at more than just going fast in a straight line with their recent iterations of the car?

It's actually not, and quite ingenious in how they do it. Unlike a traditional leaf spring, the transverse leaf is only using half the spring for each side. This helps lower the Cg, and keeps the entire package very low.