Turreted Rear Suspension

[Rally Slag 0]

Have done a search on this but cant find much info on it, found a couple of pics of the inside of the car but not from underneath. Does anybody have some proper pictures of the rear suspension set up with turreted rears and info on whats involved and how to get rid of using the torsion bars completly without the trailing arms coming out of the cross tube, cheers guys

[Dj_mini 7]

Have you tryed asking colin? I would post up picks of mine but im unsure how keen he would be for me todo that as it will show all his ideas / design.

[Rally Slag 0]

colin who?

 

surley if its your car you can do what you want with pictures of it?

[Dj_mini 7]

colin who?

 

surley if its your car you can do what you want with pictures of it?

 

 

Colin satchell is the man you need to talk to.

 

Yes it my car and i can do what i want with the pics but i respect the fact that he has spent along time developing his set up

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

Yes it my car and i can do what i want with the pics but i respect the fact that he has spent along time developing his set up

I like your approach!

[Rally Slag 0]

ok i respect that. What colins username on here then, i'll give him a PM.

 

Any other guys got any pics they would be willing to share of there cars?

[Sandy 191]

eeyore is Colin's username.

Edited April 20, 2008 by sandy309

[Spiky 37]

this is something i would like on the rear

 

can i ask though, would it do away with the torision bars and use a coilover shock on the rear?

[Sandy 191]

For the competition cars the torsion bars have to be retained for sprint rules (Mod Prod), but don't have to do anything. For road cars Colin prefers to keep the torsion bars active, so if the damper mounting on the arm did fail (never happened to his yet, even rallying), there would be some tension still in the suspension.

[Spiky 37]

ok, thanks sandy

[Rippthrough 98]

It's nice to keep two springs anyway as it reduces the amplitude at resonance compared to a single, stronger spring, you can get away with slight softer damping and gain a little grip.