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So the fluffy white stuff started falling here in NW MT and I took the time to change the tires on my wife's car to the studied verity. As I pulled off the rear tires I forgot what I was doing, changing the tires, and started looking at the suspension. Her car is a 2000 Impala which of course is front wheel drive, so the rear is independent owith out the diff. I was taking it all in, looking at the struts, how the sway bar attached directly to the struts, the alignment adjustments, the hubs... finally I realized that I was not there to study the suspension and had a job to finish. I think I love this stuff just a little to much 
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You are not alone. I can't stop thinking of possible improvements to the Jag installation in my '65. Here's a concept that I would like to explore further someday. 
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I love it!!!!!!!! That is a fantastic concept. I like the adjustability of torsion bars, you need a little more you crank them up, there to stiff you crank them down. I have to wonder how stiff a torsion bar would be required, because the wishbones are so long that that would create a lot of leverage on the bars. LOVE IT!!!
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I was thinking how much trouble it is in the early Mustang to gain clearance for the coilovers. They also get a bit pricey when you have to buy four. Then I remembered working on my old '63 Dodge Dart and how simple the front torsion bar suspension setup was designed. No massive spring tower; just a simple small shock. Why not apply this thinking to the rear suspension.
Regarding the long lever arm; that could just mean a large diameter torsion bar. Mopar used torsion bars on their front suspensions from around 1959 through the mid seventies. So unless one is putting a Hemi in the trunk of their Mustang the length of the Jag LCA should not be a problem.
This is what 1970 Chrysler products looked like: 
For reference, I was looking at a Hummer and the lever arms are pretty long. Take a look at where the torsion bars attach to the LCA in this image of a Hummer H2 suspension:
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