Why torsion bars?

[Aaron Kappler]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by HummBebe:
Please do not come on this forum to rant about your confusion. Please use the search button:
Here is the first one, it is a freebie....on me

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I actually did search for torsion bars before I posted and came up with nothing relevant to my questions.

Your link provided absolutely no answers to my question. Kiss Kiss.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PARAGON:
It's simple. As a spring mechanism, a torsion bar is the most dependable, accurate and long living there is right now for an IS setup. By using it, you can reduce the center of gravity, lower unsprung weight and reduce the amount of "junk" around the front wheel which allows for better half-shafts.

It's a "dumb" item that you usually can apply and forget it. Torsion bars are used in numerous applications from knives to trains to the M1 Abrams tank. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

First, thanks for the good post. I know the torsion bar design has several advantages and that they are used in many applications. However, I have not been impressed with the torsion bar system in many of the current selection of consumer automobiles. I am more interested in a side-by-side comparison with the current selection of coil over IS systems to see if the coil over system does not offer other and perhaps better advantages.

I didn't mean to say that torsion bars themselves are inherently troublesome, rather the other parts (control arms, tie rod, and ball joints) that many of the manufacturers are using with torsion bars might not be the best choice.

Thanks for the posts so far, I look forward to more!