Road cars use coil springs because they’re simple and durable. F1 cars don’t have that luxury. Weight, size, and airflow ...

The general public’s knowledge of garage doors and openers typically starts and ends at the remote. Click the button, and it opens. Click it again, and it closes. It’s one of those things we take for ...

There are a number of ways in which to suspend a hot rod, but few designs offer a more compact, versatile, and adjustable design than that of the torsion bar variety. While on one hand the traditional ...

We wish we could tell you that torsion-bar springs are modern technology's answer to the quest for soft riding, long travel, and easily modified suspensions. When we were researching this story we ...

So what are torsion bars? Basically they're straight steel bars that work like coil springs but twist for damping rather than compressing as coils do. The bars can be found in the front suspensions of ...

Much like muscles and tendons working together to absorb shock for the human body, or how running shoes cushion impact with each stride, a car's suspension combines carefully designed components to ...