Can somebody pls clearly tell me the difference between a torsion bar suspension and an anti roll bar?

are they the same thing or do they work on the same principle?|||Torsion bars twist to act like a spring on each wheel. They are used on some vehicles instead of a coil spring or a leaf spring. They set the vehicle ride height by spring loading each wheel.





Anti roll bars aka sway bars are totally different. You can have no anti roll bar or you can have one per axle (sports cars have one at the front, and one at the rear). They link the left side of the suspension with the right side of the suspension. It acts like a spring that resists the left and right sides being at different heights so that as the vehicle corners, it does not tip as much. For example, if you are turning left, your right wheels want to compress, and your left wheels want to lift, which causes the car to roll. The antiroll bar greatly limits this action causing the car to not roll during cornering, improving handling which you want in a sports car, or a giant SUV to prevent you from getting sea sick or loosing control of that big POS. In a real off road vehicle, they typically don't have sway bars because when crawling over obstacles, the wheels will need to move to different ride heights without such interference.|||the anti roll bar aka the sway bar connects the two struts of opposite sides of the wheels together creating a more firm steering. the torsion bar is attached to the chassis of the car. hope this helps.|||torsoin bars take the place of your springs . anti roll or sway bars stop side to side movement