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I will probably be the only one to say this but a spring is a spring and a tosion bar is a spring.
I would think the lower arm, the one bar would attach, would have to be way over built from typical A-arm. But yeah, mounted close enough to frame you could get plenty of travel. Bar could weigh less than coilover shock? And definitely be lower center of weight. But it be different, and cool. So do it!
a torsion bar is strictly linear.
Not always. There have been many makers of bars over the years that have made progressive units. They put an extra set of splines somewhere in the bar and you have a arm with an adjustable stop to time when it kicks in. Mickey Thompson was a big fan of these and used them on many of his desert racers. Downside is, they are expensive if you don't get the rate right the first time. Also, exploding torsion sockets. Ask any guy that's beat on an older 4X Toyota about that, the adjuster bolt goes through the floor and nails you in the ass. All the old 7S trucks had steel plates weld to the floor to prevent this........
Isnt there a guy on RDC building one of these right now?Dump?
I see whats in your head. What are the positive things to using them?