torsion bar vs coilover

[jamesg]

This thread makes me question why the 200 series are coilover
and not torsion bars? Or the other way around? I would like to talk to the Toyota engineers about that among other things, IFS, Solid axles, etc.

 

[reznunt]

Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly would you gain with "just a coilover to work with oem arms"?

I don't know... I wouldn't do it because the TB's do their job just fine IMO.

 

[reznunt]

You should compare apples to apples here. The Tundra already comes with a coilover setup and if you've ever looked at the stock shock brackets on a 100 you would see how much work it is to cut all of that out.

I think it can be done for less than 10k, but not much less.

I used my Tundra suspension as an example for cost. Building fully fabbed spindles and boxed upper and lower arms for ANY application (labor and materials) would cost much more than fabricating custom shock towers (labor and materials). My tundra kit example, which was not anywhere near $10k, was shown just to give you an idea of a price point for the former to compare to the latter. I don't know how to explain any better if you still don't understand the point I'm trying to make after reading this.

With all due respect, I believe you should listen to your own advice and compare apples to apples. You were quoting a price for a full custom long travel set up ($10k) to just getting coilovers to work on our trucks. I don't think that's what the OP was interested in.

 

[STIGPIG]

There was actually a guy in Russia who was working on conversions, but he couldn't keep them from blowing out.

Cranking torsion bars