Six cylinder torsion bars with big block

moper said
I would agree - it had nothing to do with "knowing better". Citroen used torsion bars and unibody construction in the 30s. Chrysler introduced them in the late 50s. So it had to do with the consumer at the time who had coils sprung full-frame GMs and Fords to choose from and the torsion bar suspension was a far better, lighter, and responsive setup. Compare that to a FWD platform from the 80s that could out-handle and out-brake even the best factory torsion bar setups. Then compare the 80s FWD to a 2015 vehicle. Even the base models of anybody can handle and stop well. My GF's Santa Fe has a front sway bar larger than I can even buy for any of my Mopars and it's got progressive springs and struts that are all improvements over the old stuff. That's what the modern car freak drives every day. Jumping from something modern to a 50 year old car comes with some acceptance that they are nothing alike in capability.

hell. I can`t even spell it! read most all of the posts on this. Back in the day, I bought my first new car, a 68 form S 383 fastback in tulsa,ok. drove it around for a day and took off for the air base late sat. evening. very low miles on the car, (long post) out ran a camero ( called "the hugger " in gm`s tv adds, and also a v w thru the ozark mnts., they both faded in my mirror after I past them. the v w was fading behind me, the camero was last. later on, the mopar mech that taught me most of what I now, and myself put a 68 r.runner hemi in my 66 belvedere, we left the 318 torshion bars in it. had to raise them a little for the extra iron headed hemi. car handled normal, and worked real well on the drag strip. and like rustyratrod said, if u read the chrysler drag racing manual,
318 bars are recommended for drag racing. of course back then, every stop light was a drag race, and road manners seemed ok! ( I was 21). and there is more stored energy in a bar that is twisted more than one that is not twisted as much:the car still has those 318 bars under it today, my mech. buddy owns it.-------bob