2014 SEMA cars

[Vince@Meanstreets]

So they used torsion bars instead of coils or coil overs.

[byndbad914]

Originally Posted by Al Moreno

Originally Posted by preston

Given some of the thoughts mine included about some of the cars being a bit over done, the Stroppe Fairlane has become one of my favorites of the show...(snip)...The torsion bar suspension is a bit gratuitous, but it beats leaf springs, and a regular control arm/coil spring might not have fit the theme as well. The wheels are perfect. Maybe my favorite car of the show, although I still have a place in my heart for the totally crazy stuff like the RS 2nd gen track car.

Amost exactly what I was thinking! Strope absolutely nailed it and this was indeed my favorite car of the show. I am so bored of Camaros with LS swaps and off the shelf clips and 9" rears and all of the over-the-top cars I literally just walk by them at the show and save my time to spend on something like this. For me the torsions bars were very cool... while I had a Porsche I swapped to coil overs, I have to admit I considered doing torsion bars for my Nova project thinking it would be "odd ball/never done before" minus the obvious nod to Chrysler and super easy to package so when I saw this I thought is was incredibly cool based on my bias for odd ball but functional. The 427 SOHC engine is probably the coolest engine ever built by the big three. He beat me to the actuated rear spoiler tho' I do have a different idea for the Nova but I just looked at this car and saw my vision of my Nova.

That said, I can't build at this level so there will be a noticeable difference in finished products

And it took me awhile to place the wheels and I ended up confirming with one of the guys on the Pure Vision team they are indeed 1pc billet copies of a '67 Lambo Miura design which just makes it even cooler.



There is something to be said about simple = elegant. Absolutely the best car of the show.

[Ketzer]