Torsion bars for better handling; your experience?

O.K a short update...I have since rem'd the rear and front bilsteins and installed a set o.e shocks (monroe matics) and most of the harshness is gone.Can't even really feel expansion or large weather cracks now but you can still hear them.My own rural road which is an aged tar and chip would thunk and slap with the Bilsteins is now more comfortable.( I purposely targeted some bad sections just to see)
Funny thing is on a fairly sharp bend in a highway i routinely travel it seems as though i have actually lost some understeer and it tracks better now.
So it appears i'm the first one to give Bilsteins a "thumbs down"...at least for my set up on poor roads.i've only previously heard that they were the be all / end all.
In all fairness i'm sure they would offer superior handling on smooth roads with better tires.