Thread: trailer spring

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Thanks for the response. Car is a rat rod, with pumped toyota 4 banger,engine set back midway in frame. Still, I think I'll go with speedway set up.

I think you are making a wise decision. J Robinson is using some trailer springs for his project track car, but in a different way. He used them to create some quarter eliptical springs, and I understand his logic for doing that. But where you have a product available made just for your application, like the Speedway spring, it is sometimes better to go that route.

Post some pictures when you get your new spring installed.


Don

Now that it appears you're not locked into your original idea I would add that if it were me I'd go for a spring with more leaves relative to spring rate (meaning if two springs were each rated at ~1200#, one a 3 leaf, the other a 4, I'd take the 4). My rationale would be that I'd have more "tunability" with more leaves, and likely a more compliant (or more progressive) spring even without any changes.