[alfa] Torsion Bar Ride Height Adjustment

[RonHorowitz <RonHorowitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Go with helper coilovers,

I'd say that's an expedient, not necessarily the best way. You still have
the added weight of the bars, rear mount, and lower control arms, plus
you're adding the weight of the coil springs and putting a bending preload
on the lower pivots. What I had in mind was replacing the whole kit and
caboodle (did I spell that right?)

One thing I can say about the Alfa set up is that the weight is carried
about as low as possible. Additional bracing at the shock towers for 100%
coil over springing would add weight higher up, though it should be a net
weight decrease (as yet unproven.)

>rsracing.nl
>has a kit (pricey but GOOD!).

If I'm understanding what I'm seeing, they are both expensive and perhaps
not so good. The rears don't seem to be coil overs at all, but merely
height adjusters. I suspect the rear springs won't readily interchange with
standard "off the shelf" springs, so their advantage is... what? Maybe I'm
missing something, but I don't really see much re-engineering here, I just
see parts swapping.

RON
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