One thing to compare with the coil overs to the leaf springs, is that leaf springs are progressive rate, that means that the more they're loaded the more rate they get, which is better for the dynamic loading mentioned earlier. Front coil overs don't perform BETTER and a traditional setup, but they do the same thing weighing less. You can have ride height adjustability without a coil over too, I have traditional style springs in a bucket that adjust the installed height, that way I can adjust the ride height(and cross weights) by adjusting the installed height of the spring with no cutting and no special tools.
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James F.
1974 Camaro Z28
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