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Originally Posted by streetfytr68
( I've personally seen ) DSE's Quadra-Link and DSE leaf springs run within a tenth of a second of each other.
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Well that right there sums up my point. Since there is nothing special about the DSE leafs, meaning that they lack various and superior attributes of todays available leaf technology, what might that say about the performance of the QL vs. the average barney bolt on lowering spring like DSE's ?? Now how about vs. a design specific leaf spring ??
That alone completes any arguement that one can have a leaf set-up to unquestionably meet and/or beat various link suspensions. Now as for the adjustability... the link systems pretty much have it hands down, for the most part. The leaf system, if run with a DA / TA Penske or Moton comes right back into the game... at a near absurd cost,
but still under the link systems. Believe it or not, the ride height is adjustable, albiet not as easy as it is with the coil-over systems. I am not knocking link systems what-so-ever. Long before LatD, I once dreamed a 3-link was the cats meow... and now there is no question... its even better than I dreamed.
But... since an expert with a super human medulla oblongata is now present, Ill skip the part that there are those who have actually driven and have the actual experience of a properly designed leaf ....vs.... modern late model IRS systems, beyond the grandure of mere visual observations at a single weekend event.
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Originally Posted by Bowtieracing
... Now 3 link way better and at the same time Chicane swears for good leafs.
...these suspension gurus don't know how to make good leafs?
...and plese tell me what kind of combination would work with 335s ?
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Yup. Good leafs or a 3-link. But that's just my feeble opinion.
Not everyone knows leafs. Its a dying art anymore because of the mother of invention and the insight of todays engineers and designers. I was just lucky enough to learn leafs from Ole Dickeypoo Guldstrand, the old school Penske cats and not to forget to mention, Ben and Tony Elkins. Trust me, there is a whole world that hasent even been shared in the way of leaf springs.
A combination to balance out the use of 335's ?? In a 1st Gen F-body... how about something like 315's.