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How they work may make it easier to understand. A torsion bar is a length of steel and it has hexagonal shaped ends. One hex is secured to the frame (body) and the other end is fixed to the lower control arm (LCA). As the car's weight pushes down, it rotates the LCA and it tries to twist the...

The larger the torsion bars' diameter, the more torsion it provides. A heavier engine needs a larger diameter bar to "hold" up the front. Changing to a larger bar will make the front end have a "stiffer" ride having less body roll in turns and less bottoming out.

cracked, that is not funny. I sat there and stared and was frightened when my screen saver came on!

I am interested in the 2nd set.

Woohoo! I am excited, and want to do this one day!

Try partially removing the LCA (strut rod, of course needs to be unbolted) and then slide the torsion bar into the LCA, insert the strut rod (don't forget the washers, etc) and you may need to rotate the LCA down quite hard, but it will go that way, the torsion bar and LCA simultaneously. It...

That is a fine looking sway bar. How much $$?

I am restoring a 65 barracuda. I took it to a local high end auto restoration shop and had them soda blast it and put it in epoxy primer. If I had all the glass out, interior and drive train out, a complete inside, outside, and underside would have been about $1700. As it stands, the outside...

Also remember, it is not only the handling affected but the effectiveness of the braking! While it may seem to handle good because everything is cooperating, if the tread is not against the ground properly, braking is compromised: NOT GOOD!

I am shocked that the debate has not started!

People have opinions about everything, and for some reason folks get sensitive about this subject, who knows why. The camber is an adjustment that is set on the upper control arm relating it to the lower control arm that decides the wheel "tilt" in or out. When you adjust the torsion bars to...

Make an offer on the one on craig's. you never know how low they will go.

are all hex heads on torsion bars the same?

Thanks! Others feel free to chime in, too! After lunch, I am going to be back under there. Hope i can get it!!

Those are the retaining clips for the torsion bars. They are in the "butt" end of the anchor housing, seated in a groove. Use piers to pinch them and pull them out. If it is in there, no amount of hammering will slide out the torsion bar.

I am trying to put n the torsion bars in my valiant (65) and have 892R and (893L I think, will check) that were new. I have it through the rear anchor, stretched the boot on (that was a nightmare) and cant get the t-bar to seat in the LCA. How do I know if these are right for my car? How do i...

Tough question!

Crazy Dave, what is that hairy creature in the left side of that picture? Is that the same bracket that would be on a 65 273 with a cast iron water pump? If so, do you have any more pictures that show how it is mounted?

What would happen if I used the wrong one? would the steering wheel move into the car further? or is that not gonna happen?

I am still looking through all of my parts to see if there is some kind of bracket. The first picture is the 273 on the stand. (that is like Chapter 4 in the Book of DUH). the second picture is the power steering pump that I got with my set up. As stated, it was on an A/C car and I won't have...

sorry for the multiple posts, my computer has the hiccups!

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It is a commando 273 (just built, not fired yet) all out of the car. I am assembling the accessories on it and mounting it on the k-member. I will have the car raised up and roll the complete assembly under and lower and bolt it up. I am using a cast iron water pump (nos, what the heck) and...

I have a 65 valiant that I am changing from manual to power steering. does any one have photos of this swap in place? Does it make any difference that the pump I am using is from an A/C car? ( I will add A/C later, not time or money right now) Also, how do i know what column or shaft to use...

I have a 65 valiant that I am changing from manual to power steering. does any one have photos of this swap in place? Does it make any difference that the pump I am using is from an A/C car? ( I will add A/C later, not time or money right now) Also, how do i know what column or shaft to use...

I will throw my two cents in here. My friend Keith (whose 69 cuda vert was consumed in a fire) had redone his. He painted them with a cast metal color to look like raw metal, and it did! Then for the cosmoline look, that will last, he sprayed rustoleum hammered gold paint lightly. They looked...

I want to know more about these ESPO springs. Do they come in 6 leaf like the formula s cars had?

You know, because of the way you made them, they will blend in a have more of a factory look than the stuff you buy. Not to offend anyone, but if you buy all the parts, isn't that like a 1:1 scale model? Building a car is more gratifying than assembling a model! By the way, that contour gauge...

If it's a barracuda you want, I've got a 67 convertible that is a great car for starters, I have it listed in A-bodies for sale. Asking $12,500, but serious offers do not offend me. 205-908-0868 (non-school hours, I am a teacher) or [email protected]