<VV> Springs WAS Camber Compensator

[kenpepke at juno.com]

Chris & Bill Strickland <lechevrier at earthlink.net>wrote:  [in part]

>The term 'Camber Compensator' is somewhat a misnomer.
>

Not when applied to a camber compensator -- Chevrolet never supplied one 
for the Corvair -- camber limiting straps, yes.  Multiple after market 
suppliers have offered "camber compensators" for the rear of both swing 
axle Corvairs and VW products, some of which actually work when 
installed as directed.
     an example -- http://356enterprises.com/home/?page_id=38


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I was speaking of the Corvair as the factory produced it ... the item everyone refers to as a 'Camber Compensator' 
Ken P
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>It could more accurately be called a semi elliptical transverse mounted floating leaf spring ... [ala] ... the 1964 Corvair ...
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>... it is the softer spring [and the heavier roll / sway bar] that increases the degree of understeer as it was relative to the original design.
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agreed.

>It is not necessary to add this transverse spring to carry the weight of the car ... 
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What?  I gather you've never broken one of the transverse spring end 
bolts on a 1964 -- that rear "skid plate" actually does something when 
it happens.  There is no way a car with just the 64 rear coil springs 
does not need additional lift in the rear!  Honest John!
Bill Strickland
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Please reread my statement.  The point was the understeer condition can be altered by changing springs ONLY.  Chevrolet could have changed the spring rate and made up for the softer spring by making it longer.  The transverse spring is quite a costly addition to ONLY change the degree of understeer.  Yes, that spring does carry part of the weight of the car but that is not the underling reason it is there.
Ken P
  

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