Ride Height Restored!

[Richard Cranium]

Now I see it!

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[nitro_rat]

Ha! Look at it, close your eyes, unfocus and look again.
It keeps changing for me.

I tried, I can’t get it to go the other way…

 

[Coelacanth]

I agree, I can't see it rotating CCW. I think the tilt of the girl's head and body makes the brain perceive it as rotating CW. But let's get some Aussies or Kiwis to chime in, because the water in their drains circles the opposite way than up on this half of the globe.

 

[Aepowell]

I know when I raised the front of my 67 belvedere it rode way rougher.

 

[Triplegreen500]

Do you take valve springs off when the valve is open? Or closed? Compress a spring and there is more potential energy in it. It wants to return to its relaxed state. Same with a spring on a screen door - extend it, and it wants to return to its relaxed state.

Torsion bars are the same. The weight of the car is held by the bars twist. The bar is at rest when you insert it with the lca drooping. Put weight on it, and the bar twists. It wanting to return to its relaxed state is what holds up the car.

The bar is at rest when the lca lets the bar (and gravity) push it down, and the car is in the air.

The bar is under more stress when the adjuster hex puts pressure on the bar, to force the weight of the car up. Just like when the car bounces, it stresses the bar, which lifts the car back up.

Adjusting the hex increases the preload on the bar, which is what raises the car. Much like tightening the seats on a coil spring increases preload and lifts a car.

 

[Triplegreen500]

And I think the car is a little high now. These things sat low originally

Wherever you end up though, make sure you get an alignment.

 

[pnora]

Do you take valve springs off when the valve is open? Or closed? Compress a spring and there is more potential energy in it. It wants to return to its relaxed state. Same with a spring on a screen door - extend it, and it wants to return to its relaxed state.

Torsion bars are the same. The weight of the car is held by the bars twist. The bar is at rest when you insert it with the lca drooping. Put weight on it, and the bar twists. It wanting to return to its relaxed state is what holds up the car.

The bar is at rest when the lca lets the bar (and gravity) push it down, and the car is in the air.

The bar is under more stress when the adjuster hex puts pressure on the bar, to force the weight of the car up. Just like when the car bounces, it stresses the bar, which lifts the car back up.

Adjusting the hex increases the preload on the bar, which is what raises the car. Much like tightening the seats on a coil spring increases preload and lifts a car.

Cranking torsion bars don't effect the ride quality, at least anything noticeable while driving. The thickness of the torsion bars is what changes the stiffness, hence why aftermarket bars are larger diameter than stock. The only way the bar can twist more or less is by more or less weight being applied. Look at a coil spring. You add a spacer to increase the height. Does the spring become stiffer? No. Geometry changes along with travel changes can affect the ride and handling

 

[Triplegreen500]

Cranking torsion bars don't effect the ride quality, at least anything noticeable while driving. The thickness of the torsion bars is what changes the stiffness, hence why aftermarket bars are larger diameter than stock. The only way the bar can twist more or less is by more or less weight being applied. Look at a coil spring. You add a spacer to increase the height. Does the spring become stiffer? No. Geometry changes along with travel changes can affect the ride and handling

Adding a spacer is not the same as adjusting preload.

 

[dadsbee]

The bar only twists enough to lift the weight of that corner of the car, after that.. screwing the adjuster in further just lifts the car higher. It doesn't twist the bar any further, of course provided that you lift the other side to the same height.

 

[pnora]

The bar only twists enough to lift the weight of that corner of the car, after that.. screwing the adjuster in further just lifts the car higher. It doesn't twist the bar any further, of course provided that you lift the other side to the same height.

Only some get it.

 

[Runcharger]

Too low in the first photo for sure.