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Re: [T3] t3 dropped spindles?


On 15 Nov 2002, at 13:24, John Connolly wrote:

> by turning the torsions, you get the stock ride with the lowered look
> already.

Sorry John, but I just can't let this slide. If you adjust your ride height by 
slipping the torsion bars you allow the swing arms to ride at a different angle. 
In the stock configuration they are approx horizontal, but as you use them to 
lower the car they angle up and make the suspension stiffer because of the 
trig involved. They are also not equal length, so changing their position 
changes the caster angle (it's not a parallelogram.)

I believe there IS good reason to prefer this method over just slipping the 
torsion bars.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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