<VV> Axle Jacking

[Ramon Rodriguez III]

That is some good stuff, thanks!  Also thanks to Smitty for the information
he provided =)

Ray R.



On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Chris & Bill Strickland <
lechevrier at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> 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
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