In theory, coil springs will produce a better ride than leaf springs, but that's the only advantage I can see over leaf springs with well chosen dampers and a Panhard rod, however, for me the elephant in the room for the SSL five link setup is that it fails to remove the biggest compromise of all, the super heavy and rigid beam axle. This big old lump of cast iron unsprung mass remains so I couldn't help feeling £5k plus is a hell of a lot of money to shell out for what very likely would just amount to slightly better coil sprung ride quality, and maybe not even that if I could just find the right leaf spring and damper combination,
FABULOUS post Montegue. One of the best I have had the pleasure of on a Morgan dg for a LONG time. Very
impressive.
The Morgan's flexing frame is a key and unknowable component of trad suspension and each is different, not only
from the start, but as they adapt to different equipment configurations, type and frequency of usage and even
driving styles. Each trad can be tweaked to be quite wonderful, but there is no one-size-fits all. I spend 10 years
driving almost identical Morgans with the same suspension setup and tyres. They were not the same.
Link suspensions and coil springs FOCUS suspension forces, not exactly healthy for a flimsy, wonderful ladder
frame. Leaf spread the forces far more, marrying well with the frame to produce the legendary ride moggers adore.
I think leaf springs are infinitely more complex, but sadly not tweakable
as yet. I believe that can be resolved one
day.
Thank you for your post. Lorne
