Corvette leaf springs?

Let's say you were going to use the Corvette transaxle in something much lighter than a Vette.

What are the drawbacks to using the Corvette transverse leaf spring?  Just not as many different strengths available?

Packaging looks to be so much simpler.  Look at the pic here of the rear suspension.

Wiki article

 

It would have the effect of being much stiffer.

I've used the Vette transaxle in a couple of builds.  (Including the car in the picture) I Couldn't find a transverse spring  that I could use. So, I converted to coil overs. 

Composite leaf springs are really light which is one advantage. Depending on the trim level of the original car there are varying spring strengths. The springs on base model late 80s C4 are not that stiff.

How light is the rear end weight on what you're planning?  On our 2016 challenge build C4 that was gutted our rear weight was only about 1200 lb and it wasn't that stiff at all with base model rear spring

Could you have someone strategically mill the thickness to achieve the desired rate?

Ovid_and_Flem said:

Composite leaf springs are really light which is one advantage. Depending on the trim level of the original car there are varying spring strengths. The springs on base model late 80s C4 are not that stiff.

How light is the rear end weight on what you're planning?  On our 2016 challenge build C4 that was gutted our rear weight was only about 1200 lb and it wasn't that stiff at all with base model rear spring

 So would that one work on the newer transaxle models?

I'd never really paid attention to the leaf springs and how they mounted, just thinking "old technology" but once I started looking at them they looked very simple.

I notice that even tho one of the advantages of them is they also act as a sway bar, many Vettes have pretty hefty sway bars also.

And Vette cart is about the same weight.  I'm hoping for 1500#ish