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Ben Wilson
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Re: Leaf to Coil Conversion????????

Wed, 20 April 2005 23:42

hokey wrote on Wed, 20 April 2005 20:37

can someone tell me the benefits of coilovers? is it their adjustablility factor? and would having then with leaves would that ruin some of these benefits?

Cheers, Calvin

Leaaf srpings have a few downfalls:

The individual leaves rub aginst each other causing friction and the actual weight of the springs can be a problem (realistically diffs are bloody heavy already, but, every bit helps).

The biggest problem is axle location, as the springs bend and twist, the rear axle moves all over the place causing inconsistant handling.

Lateral location is an interesting one, if you don't have a watts link or a panhard rod, leaf springs locate laterally a lot better when they are compressed than they they are extended. So, you wind up with yet another variable there.

The only way to really avoid most of the downsides of leaf springs is to run them really low and stiff (like ke382TG is), then, they won't be that horrible. The you need to run the front really stiff to avoid horrible oversteer.

With coilovers and a 5 link, you can run the rear a lot softer, which means you can have a much more comfortable car and still have a lot more mechanical grip than a leaf car.

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