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Torsion Bars Help #831943 10/17/10 03:39 PM 10/17/10 03:39 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 171 Georgia, United States, Crock OP member
Crock OP member Joined: May 2010 Posts: 171 Georgia, United States,	My question is what's the purpose of torsion bars and what should they be adjusted to? I recent made some changes to my 1966 plymonth belvedere i put tubular upper and lower control arms, and tubular dynamic strut bars. I made all the changes myself but took the car to my local alignment shop to have the alignment adjusted. I was told that everything was adjust but i'm a little unsure weather thats the case. The ride height of the car has changed it's seats lower in the front and high in the rear. I had to adjust the torsion bar to put the lower control arms on but the car was level before i made the changes now it's not. It's a street car but i do alot of racing on the weekend so if anyone can help me with the adjustment setting i would be very thankful

Re: Torsion Bars Help [Re: Crock] #831944 10/17/10 03:50 PM 10/17/10 03:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,531 Jacksonville, FL Chris2581 master
Chris2581 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,531 Jacksonville, FL	The T-bars are the "coil springs" in a Mopar front end.A torsion bar is basically a unwound coil spring.The alignment shop probably adjusted the ride height to the factory specs and then aligned the front end.Don't know what you use for a rear suspension,but S/S springs usually will make the car sit higher in the rear. Nautilus Racing- We use Superformance gaskets and Turbo Action converters/products.

Re: Torsion Bars Help [Re: Crock] #831945 10/17/10 03:55 PM 10/17/10 03:55 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Quote: My question is what's the purpose of torsion bars and what should they be adjusted to? I recent made some changes to my 1966 plymonth belvedere i put tubular upper and lower control arms, and tubular dynamic strut bars. I made all the changes myself but took the car to my local alignment shop to have the alignment adjusted. I was told that everything was adjust but i'm a little unsure weather thats the case. The ride height of the car has changed it's seats lower in the front and high in the rear. I had to adjust the torsion bar to put the lower control arms on but the car was level before i made the changes now it's not. It's a street car but i do alot of racing on the weekend so if anyone can help me with the adjustment setting i would be very thankful The purpose of the torsion bar is thats the spring (torsional spring)... just dial the bars back up to get the height you like(if the fenders are square to the body) I just use the top of the inner fender lip to set the height.... dont go too high because the higher you go the less travel you have.... you will need to have the alignment checked again Last edited by MR_P_BODY; 10/17/10 03:57 PM.

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