Front Coil overs

[sub60]

Hi All, new to the site which I think is great. I am after some info as to how to run coil overs on a beetle torsion ball joint front end. I am presently building a track car but want to run coil overs and Iam unsure on the easiest way to remove or replace the torsion leaves to run the coil overs while still retaining the control arms. Has anybody here done it, any advice would be appreciated. Thanks Mike

[ricola]

Probably easiest to use the red9 coil-over conversion kit...

[Shadowbug]

you need to mod your beam with a set of weld in adjusters, then leave them loose,

[sub60]

Thanks, the kit sounds great, I had a look at the site, but I already have very good shocks so the kit would not be worth it, also a little worried as to how the replacement swivel bar would cope on the race track. If I were to leave the adjusters loose, torsions would still effect the control arms as they would be still be connected as one and therefore not allow free independent movement. Any other options Cheers

[Shadowbug]

torsions would act as anti-roll bars

[ricola]

If you left the centres of the leaves loose they would not be located laterally and move about. The seals at the end of the tubes are just grease seals and would not give any support.
You could just buy the link rods (a friend bought them on their own, not as a full kit)

Rich

[jmd]

I would also be very interested in this work. I am building a 'trackable' front end at the moment and would like to know (other then the red9 stuff) what people are running for coilovers / front end mods...

thanks!