[chicane]

Just an FYI.

Mounting the leafs so that the front eyes are slightly inboard of the rear eyes will cause the leafs to have more lateral stiffness. This can make the chassis feel tighter and may help prevent the rear suspension from binding due to excessive lateral deflection of the leaf. However, if the leafs are offset too much, the suspension becomes too stiff laterally and rear side bite is lost. Whenever the body slides over the rear end during cornering, the splayed leafs can cause rear steer that will also help the car to turn.

Its not always a good idea to lessen and/or eliminate the angle in the springs, front to rear. But... if done with purpose and taking into consideration to what that modification yields... it can work. Remember, the many factors of a leaf spring suspension are interrelated and a change to one aspect of the suspension usually affects others. Consequently, the handling results are not always as predicted!

The next issue would be the addition of a lateral locating device, like that of a panhard, j-bar or watts link from the chassis 'loosening up'.