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"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl) 09/20/2017 at 12:18 • Filed to: None

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undercarriage shots of a 250 gto

http://revolutiondetailing.co.uk/portfolio/1962-ferrari-250-gto-tour-return/#!prettyPhoto

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R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 09/20/2017 at 12:25

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them leaf springs though

MonkeePuzzle > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 09/20/2017 at 12:34

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designed to exacting specifications to make all the money leaf your wallet

Urambo Tauro > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 09/20/2017 at 12:36

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What a weird-looking brake caliper!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Urambo Tauro 09/20/2017 at 12:48

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Upper part may be parking brake - some Jaguars are set up that way.

Urambo Tauro > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/20/2017 at 12:57

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Huh. I’m not familiar with those. Is that just an arm that’s hinged off of the main caliper, with its own pad?

McMike > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/20/2017 at 13:09

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You’re right. Two piston rear caliper with a separate mechanical parking brake caliper.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Urambo Tauro 09/20/2017 at 13:16

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Obsoive (on a ‘62 Mk II):

This setup was used on all the inboard brake rears, I believe, up to the late ‘80s on the XJS.

Urambo Tauro > McMike 09/20/2017 at 13:29

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Neat!

tromoly > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 09/20/2017 at 13:49

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You can be ignorant if you want, there’s a 4-link + Watts link locating the axle while the leafs with dual shackles only provide a spring rate. This is properly designed leaf spring suspension, though I am wondering why there’s a coilover as well, probably easier to tune a parallel spring to get the overall desired spring rate rather than keep swapping leafs all around.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 09/20/2017 at 16:03

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It’s easy to joke, but the C7 still uses leaf springs and it seems pretty competent.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 09/20/2017 at 16:43

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pretty sure the new vette does not have leaf springs:

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 09/20/2017 at 19:05

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Sure it does, they’re just sideways, or “transverse leaf springs” as engineers like to call them. It’s a little hard to see in your pictures, but the lack of any coil springs or struts gives it away. The rear leaf spring is actually the black piece that pokes through the lower wishbones in your upper picture. It’s made of a composite, so it looks a bit different than a steel spring would. Here’s a better view, the yellow arrow points to the spring:

And here is the front suspension - it’s a little easier to see here:

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 09/20/2017 at 22:16

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Hunh...

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FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 09/20/2017 at 23:12

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Ugh Kinja

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 09/20/2017 at 23:33

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Here’s another modern one I just learned about: the 2015+ Volvo XC90 rear suspension (front is MacPherson struts). The leaf spring is the yellow part in the picture - it’s a polyurethane composite so that’s just the natural color of it. What’s clever about this for an SUV is that it reduces the side of the shock towers since they don’t need to fit coils in there, which increases 3rd row and cargo room without increasing the exterior size and adding weight. Obviously it’s a lot different than the Ferrari setup, but it is still technically a leaf spring.

As far as I know besides the Corvette and Volvo the only other modern cars still using this setup are Smarts, but I really don’t know anything about their setup and in photos it looks like coils so they may have something totally wacky going on.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 09/20/2017 at 23:47

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Well and every single quad cab >45k pickup truck from Nissan/Ram/Ford/GM

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 09/20/2017 at 23:49

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Haha yeah I meant the sideways ones but gotcha. I think even some of the little FWD vans like the Nissan NV200 are using leafs in the rear too.