Most Bad-Ass Real World H3 Shock Set Up

[Samco Fab]

Originally Posted by Ipedog

After doing all that work they should have ditched the t-bars and gone with coil-overs.

Pretty damn sweet nonetheless

There is nothing really wrong with the Torsion Bar design, there are even a few Trophy Trucks out there with Torsion Bars that work very well. If you get good torsion bars, there is no real disadvantages over a coil over. I hear F1 cars use Torsion Bars, but of course they dont have much wheel travel

The Torsion bar puts the spring load into the center of the chassis, where the coil over would put the spring and the shock load into the front shock mounts, and put more bending load into the front of the frame rails. Torsions also keep weight lower in the vehicle.

[usetosellhummer]

wow pup you joining Chad and Rod in the big races?

[trailerpup]

So, I have had coils (1998 and 2006 Tacoma TRD, Sway A Way and Donahoe) and torison bars (1989 Nissan, Sway A way). And, I gotta tell ya, for the kind of wheeling I do, I was more impressed with the torsion bars... and I have to tell you that Sam is onto something here!! I'm not saying one is better than the other, but I can honestly tell you that you can feel the difference. And, yeah, I plan on talking with Sam in the next couple of weeks and see if we can't set something up to have my front end worked on. What better excuse to take a trip to my old stomping grounds. I don't plan on racing the baja, or jumping ceasars. But, the kind of desert running I am into lends itself to this type of setup. Plus, it sure looks good.

[usetosellhummer]

Have fun man