coil springs
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Quite a few here have done this swap (I have not).
I have never seen a bad review of the swap (other than difficulty with fitment), but it should be noted, that the primary advantage people see with the swap is swapping from old/worn shocks, to new, high quality adjustable shocks as part of the swap; IOW, the would have seen about the same improvement by simply swapping the shocks.
The advantage that coil springs provides is adjustability (generally) for tracking/road racing a car. Nobody changes their corner weights on a street driven car.
I have never seen a bad review of the swap (other than difficulty with fitment), but it should be noted, that the primary advantage people see with the swap is swapping from old/worn shocks, to new, high quality adjustable shocks as part of the swap; IOW, the would have seen about the same improvement by simply swapping the shocks.
The advantage that coil springs provides is adjustability (generally) for tracking/road racing a car. Nobody changes their corner weights on a street driven car.
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Drifting
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I was just wondering about the swap. It just seems like the leaf spring ties the car together in away that the right hand side affects the left. Where a coil spring suspension would be more independent.
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And "more independent" would be better?
You're thinking is correct...in the front only. Rear, the way that the leaf spring is mounted, it's effectively totally independent. Of course, both front and rear of the car have a sway bar that ties both sides of the suspension together anyway, to achieve "flat cornering" (less body lean).
By going to coils in the front, you eliminate that "linkage" between sides, and therefore, you need to add a larger front sway bar to create the same effect that you have now, with regard to flat cornering.
You're thinking is correct...in the front only. Rear, the way that the leaf spring is mounted, it's effectively totally independent. Of course, both front and rear of the car have a sway bar that ties both sides of the suspension together anyway, to achieve "flat cornering" (less body lean).
By going to coils in the front, you eliminate that "linkage" between sides, and therefore, you need to add a larger front sway bar to create the same effect that you have now, with regard to flat cornering.
Last edited by Tom400CFI; Oct 10, 2013 at 05:44 PM.
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Drifting
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A couple of things.
1) I searched c4 tech and performance for coil springs.
nothing even vaguely related to coil springs came up.
2) the article does not say it but I am assuming that the leaf spring is still in the car and the coils are supplemental.
1) I searched c4 tech and performance for coil springs.
nothing even vaguely related to coil springs came up.
2) the article does not say it but I am assuming that the leaf spring is still in the car and the coils are supplemental.
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