Torsion bars

AJ/FormS said
I've been thinking about this;And I got a poser
Suppose you had 6-banger bars in your 71 Swinger,and no shocks on it, and you cranked the bars to somewhere in the middle of the range and measured the ride height.
And suppose you had several buddies at 200pounds apiece. So one buddy sits on the hood and the car goes down say 2 inches. So you take notes and pull the bars swapping in teener bars, and crank it up to the same height again. And now it takes two buds to drop the front the same amount. And you take notes.
Next you install the 340 bars and reset the ride-height and now it takes 3 buddies to get the same 2" drop., and finally the BB bars and now 4 buds are required.
Ok so that sets the stage for part II. Now,Lets lift the car :
How many buds will it take to lift the car 4 inches with the BB bars in it?, and How many buds to lift it the same 4 inches, with the 6-banger bars? Aw com'on the guys are all equally powerful.
And what do the results mean?

The difference will be at the same ride height, the smaller bars (lower spring rate) will have used more adjuster and as the bars get bigger (higher spring rate) you won't turn the adjuster up as much.

The spring with the lowest rate that can support the load will have the most stored energy. To a point.

When you get into high HP and /or high RPM stuff you don't always want the most stored energy, because the you ask the shock to do way more work than it should.