Coil Over vs Torsion Bar

AAndrews said
Hey Dartly,

I understand where you are coming from in addressing the structural integrity of the stock sheetmetal/subframes,. Correct me if I'm wrong but do you think that removing the factory components and replacing them with aftermarket systems compromises the structural integrity of the car? If so, there is absolutely no proof of this. There are numerous members on here using these components in everything from wheelstanding race cars to street cars (one person who commented in this thread has over 30,000 miles on his). If you can mount a gen 1 hemi to these new k-frames with coil-overs, and support the weight of that motor over the front wheels, I am inclined to think that the structural integrity is just fine. As you said, in 45 years I could be proven wrong but for now , these systems seem to be holding up just fine.

I never said that the coil over systems won't hold up. I said that the cars were not designed for them. I also said that if 'I' were to use one, I would look to implement added structure to the car - exactly what I don't now know, because I have no intention of doing such a thing and so have not done the aformensioned homework so as to know what would be needed. I also said the cars might well be built to withstand the added stress. And I also said that I would not be willing to test that out. 30K miles is not a lot of miles when you consider that these cars often last 200K+ with the stock componenets. I said further that it depends a lot on the year, condition and usage of the vehicle. Best regards,

~Bill