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 Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 6:53 pm |
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Joined: Mar 03, 2010
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Location: Black Country Ay I
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Hi
Would fitting thicker torsion bars raise the ride height at the back, if I were to not move the position of the arms whilst the original bars were removed? My thinking is that the thicker bars would resist the weight of the car a little more and make it sit higher, if that makes sense. Is this correct?
Thanks
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:46 pm |
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Location: Glasgow / Welling
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In a word...NO
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:59 am |
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if you have weight in the back yes ie subs etc, i had 2x12 and 2 amps with 4 components and a 6mm mdf floor so when i changed to 22mm torsion bars it did seem a couple of mm higher but its alot of effort for a couple of mm its not going to give you 10mm etc
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 2:08 am |
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Yes it would make the car higher. But you account for that when putting the new bars in and you raise the arms a little before the bars are inserted.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:36 am |
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Right I see!
The back is a little too low for my liking so I wanted to figure out how to get it 10mm higher with thicker bars
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:48 am |
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Picture?
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:00 am |
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Why not just raise it 10mm on the existing torsion bars?
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:05 am |
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I have the 21mm bars to go on, so I'm just trying to work it out
I hate torsion bars so this is the last time I want to mess with them!
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Last edited by Andrew on Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:54 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:02 am |
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Best just to try and work it out, sit it down then work out how much to go from there the chances of getting it perfect just by guessing is very unlikely
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