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Corvette
Corvette Tech Questions & DIY
Anyone know steering/suspension setup?
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<blockquote data-quote="Riley P" data-source="post: 11545" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>This was sent to Manny in response to another thread. I figured I would post it for the rare few of you that don't yet know how messed up my thought process is.</p><p></p><p>Hi Manny,</p><p></p><p>The remark on the transverse leafs acting as a "sway bar" just came from how the travel of one wheel affects the one on the opposite end of the leaf. If I have any idea what I am talking about, the leafs are attached at two points and not at the mid point of the leaf. So, thinking it though, when you raise one side of the leaf, the other side of the leaf should want to rise as well making the car swat rather than lean in a corner. This is assuming a stiff leaf that does not flex much between the wheel and the mounting point.</p><p></p><p>In theory, leafs mounted the way they are in Corvettes should work awesome and not need sway bars (in theory!) and getting away from that to have each wheel individually sprung, but then keeping the sway bars in there that still attach the two wheels together seems backwards. I don't know, sway bars are nothing more than a spring between two wheels, much like the transverse leaf. The only difference I see is that sway bars do not also support the vehicles weight. Maybe that is the advantage that you can fine tune the suspension better and separate the springs that support the vehicles weight from the springs that reduce the side to side motion.</p><p></p><p>You see my problem is that I know enough to be confused by stuff, but not enough to know how to fix or modify it.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley P, post: 11545, member: 2"] This was sent to Manny in response to another thread. I figured I would post it for the rare few of you that don't yet know how messed up my thought process is. Hi Manny, The remark on the transverse leafs acting as a "sway bar" just came from how the travel of one wheel affects the one on the opposite end of the leaf. If I have any idea what I am talking about, the leafs are attached at two points and not at the mid point of the leaf. So, thinking it though, when you raise one side of the leaf, the other side of the leaf should want to rise as well making the car swat rather than lean in a corner. This is assuming a stiff leaf that does not flex much between the wheel and the mounting point. In theory, leafs mounted the way they are in Corvettes should work awesome and not need sway bars (in theory!) and getting away from that to have each wheel individually sprung, but then keeping the sway bars in there that still attach the two wheels together seems backwards. I don't know, sway bars are nothing more than a spring between two wheels, much like the transverse leaf. The only difference I see is that sway bars do not also support the vehicles weight. Maybe that is the advantage that you can fine tune the suspension better and separate the springs that support the vehicles weight from the springs that reduce the side to side motion. You see my problem is that I know enough to be confused by stuff, but not enough to know how to fix or modify it.:D [/QUOTE]
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