--- bruce haden <bhaden@ucsd.edu> wrote:
> At 10:09 PM 10/21/99 -0500, Phil Ethier wrote:
> >From: Craig Blome <cblome@yahoo.com>
> >
> >
> >>In 15.5.A in the book, it says "Any springs or
> torsion
> >>bars may be used in the vehicle's original
> suspension
> >>configuration." What does "configuration" mean
> here
> >>exactly? Can the type of spring be changed?
> (e.g.
> >>coil springs for a transverse leaf spring)
> >
> >
> >That's what they mean by "configuration". Changing
> from a transverse-leaf
> >setup to a coil-spring setup would be changing the
> configuration and is
> >therefore not allowed. Putting in a different
> transverse-leaf spring (with
> >the same length eye-to-eye if the spring also acts
> as a control arm) is not
> >changing the configuration, and is therefore
> allowed.
> >
> Ahhhh. Not so. There is another section (don't have
> it off hand) that says,
> approximately..."Alternately, all cars may fit
> coil-over units..." I read
> that to mean
> you can put just about anything under the car. I
> never found anything to
> nullify that conclusion. The only limit I can see is
> that you have to keep
> it live axle or independent as originally equipped.
> Comments??? Am I right?
>
>
>
I'd have to agree with that,
The way it looks is you can change spring, shock, and
suspensions components and pickups, and convert from
struts (or anything else - swing axles?) to A-Arms in
the front, and retain the the rear as the same
configuration - or convert to a beam/live axle.
Lots of freedom, except in the rear of the car.
Stan Whitney
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