Avoneer
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| posted on 23/8/05 at 11:23 PM |
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Correct Spring rate for a BEC
Anyone know what spring rate is gonna be suited to a Locoblade for road/track use?
Cheers,
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Gav
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| posted on 24/8/05 at 08:11 AM |
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i asked Darren at GTS the same thing and he said you should be looking for 175lb springs all round
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Hellfire
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| posted on 24/8/05 at 08:36 AM |
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This is very much down to what your preference is. We have 350F 175R on our Indy. Total weight (wet) is a shade over 500Kg. The handling is as you
would expect hard, with little roll. It's a little skitish on the worst of our roads, and too be fair they aren't bad in comparison to
some places. We know a few who have dropped the front's to 200, gained in ride quality and road handling but suffered on body roll.
I know it's an Indy not a Loco, but you get used to driving whatever it is you have. On 'Her Majesty's' roads your not often
going to be driving on the edge of it's capabilities are you? 
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JoelP
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| posted on 24/8/05 at 08:40 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
On 'Her Majesty's' roads your not often going to be driving on the edge of it's capabilities are you?
ha ha ha i almost belived you then 
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Avoneer
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| posted on 24/8/05 at 06:50 PM |
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So as a ball park figure:
175-200 for the back?
Between 200 (for ride) an 300 (for handling) on the front?
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andylancaster3000
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| posted on 24/8/05 at 08:31 PM |
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From what I have seen, the geometry on the Indy seems to prefer much heavier springs than a book locost. For a car engined book chassis, 275F and
150-160ish rear gives a firm but comfortable ride on the road. So for a bike engine I would keep the rears the about the same and make the fronts a
little lighter.
Andy
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NS Dev
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| posted on 25/8/05 at 07:08 AM |
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275 front 150 rear was what I was going to use with my Vauxhall XE engined book type chassis.
I think much stiffer on the rear and traction will suffer badly.
Nothing wrong with a little body roll, as long as it doesn't affect the tyre contact patches too much.
On the road, traction over bumps becomes a MUCH bigger issue than a touch of roll in the corners!!!
On a number of live axled rwd road rally cars we have improved performance dramatically by removing rear anti-roll bars and softening rear springs.
Previously the engine revs were constantly shimmying under power on bumpy roads (yes, with an LSD fitted), after softening this was kept under
control...................just worth remembering!
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Avoneer
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| posted on 25/8/05 at 07:57 AM |
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150 - 175 for the back and 200 - 250 for the front then depending on availability.
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