<VV> Axle Jacking

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

A pretty good lay description of the suspension which was installed on 
the 1964 Corvair comes from  Pat Tobin discussing the same item, which 
was factory equipment on some models of the 356 Porsche, on the 356 
Registry's talk list:

"Others have correctly stated that the improvement in cornering came not 
so much from the [transverse leaf] itself as from the softer rear [coil 
springs] which softened the roll stiffness in the rear so that more of 
the cornering load was transferred to the outside front wheel. [Note 
that Corvair also received a fairly stiff front sway bar in 64.] Since 
the car is tail heavy, that tended to even up the dynamic weight 
distribution between the outside tires. "But just softening the rear 
torsion bars would then mean that the tail would be too soft, hitting 
bottom all the time especially if there was a load in the rear seat. The 
[transverse leaf] spring added spring stiffness in the vertical plane 
without adding to the roll stiffness." -- Pat Tobin, 356Talk

Bill Strickland