NICE!!!

 

Wow I had no idea these existed. They look badass and seems like they would ride great. But I wonder if they would wear the spring pack quickly due to to the leaves being able to flatten out often

 

I don't know what you mean by flatten out more often, they move in a flat plane vs an arc when they articulate. They shouldn't have any adverse effect on the springs. These aren't even new tech, my grandfather remembers people running these in drag cars 40 years ago!

 

Well since the leaf is able to slide back during compression, it's easier to compress the spring flat. The spring's strength & resistance is in its arch shape, which is why ship windows are round, bridges have arches, etc. And we all know what happens when you excessively bend metal; it fatigues.

That's just my take on it from a strictly engineering standpoint.

 

I can definitely see how they would be useful on a drag car, as it would help the car squat quicker on a launch, for better 60ft times.

 

The exact same thing happens with a shackle or a slider, the only difference is the slider allows it to travel on a flat plane and the shackle has an arc, the spring will still flaten out with a shackle.

As you apply weight or hit a bump to arched springs they flatten out, that's how they work.

 

That's not really flexing or stretching, as you can see, the tire can't stuff into the wheel well. one thing a slider can't do is allow a leaf to go full flat/invert because it doesn't have a pivot point like a shackle would to allow a full flex from leaf packs. Not saying going invert is good but you're not getting the full potential of your leafs

Not really, see how your leafs are at the end of the slider? That's as far as they can go. If you look at the angle and position of that slider, a shackle relocators and extended shackles can go farther allowing more droop from that