owelly
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| posted on 2/6/07 at 09:02 AM |
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Suspension Coil Spring rates?
My car uses cut down Escort struts to make a double wishbone sort of set-up and has 2.25" KONI coil-over shocks. The engine that was in was a
1200cc Alfa unit that wieghed the same as a soggy Jaffa Cake and the engine that now holds the front down weighs the same as a Pinto. The shocks are
now sat 1/2" from the bump stops.
What springs are folks using with a Pinto sized engine?
Cheers, Owelly.
[Edited on 2/6/07 by owelly]
[Edited on 2/6/07 by owelly]
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nitram38
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| posted on 2/6/07 at 12:55 PM |
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Weigh both front and rear of the car. Take the front weight in pounds and divide it by 2 then add any extras like your weight (divided by 2) and you
should get a rough idea of the spring you need.
Add 25-50 lbs for anti-dive and you can't be far out.
Repeat for the rear.
After that, driving it is the only way to check it works. Springs are only £30 a pair so you can buy new ones if necessary and sell the others on
ebay.
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owelly
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| posted on 2/6/07 at 01:16 PM |
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That's pretty much what I was goin to do but as I'm lazy and havn't got any weighing device, I wanted an idea of where to
start......
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