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Old 31st January 2008, 06:08   #70 (permalink)
71Convertible
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Pavan,
Great job on your car. Good to see u & car at the rally.

One comment on your rear suspension -- where you're replaced the torsion bar suspension with a coil suspension. One of the advantages of the torsion bar is that it is a progressive spring. The linear coil spring that you have (progressive ones are avail too) necessitates the extreme camber your car has on the rear wheel. Even with torsion bars, the pre-68 VWs (pre-IRS) were susceptible to tuck-in of the rear suspension under certain conditions. The extreme static camber your car has makes it even more possible. Going back to torsion bar or using a progressive coil spring would be better.

Byas
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