As a reminder, our goal with our A-Body is to stick with the traditional steering box and torsion bar suspension setup, ...

With the benefits and differences covered, let's take a look at what it takes to achieve a properly setup torsion bar suspension system. First off, one needs to decide how to lay out the bars ...

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For the uninitiated, the 1982's so-called torsion bar suspension setup gets spring force from twisting bars that run through the pivot points of its control arms (see the illustrations below).

When a torsion bar is placed into a suspension system, it is mounted in its natural state. One end mounts to the lower control arm, the other to a fixed position on the chassis.

The GT’s suspension system uses pushrod-actuated torsion bars in place of coil springs. ... We can’t wait to try out this nifty suspension setup for ourselves. View Photos. Kevin McCauley, ...

The pushrod suspension in a typical F1 racing car consists of upper and lower wishbones and a suspension rod or torsion spring. The actual pushrod connects the torsion spring to the top of the wheel.

So, that's what going on in the system itself, but back to the supercar's trick: the spring rates and ride height. At the GT's highest ride height the torsion bars and coils act in series.