Welcome to Club Hot Rod!  The premier site for everything to do with Hot Rod, Customs, Low Riders, Rat Rods, and more. 

  •  » Members from all over the US and the world!
  •  » Help from all over the world for your questions
  •  » Build logs for you and all members
  •  » Blogs
  •  » Image Gallery
  •  » Many thousands of members and hundreds of thousands of posts! 

YES! I want to register an account for free right now!  p.s.: For registered members this ad will NOT show

 

Thread: mII spring rate.
          
   
   

Reply To Thread
Results 1 to 15 of 28

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    jerry clayton's Avatar
    jerry clayton is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Bartlett
    Posts
    6,831

    Let's break this down to coil overs/non coil overs

    Non coilover(stock oem type coil spring--what is the measurement of spring pocket at lower arm level(preferred ride ht) position--now take a spring with a known rate and free length--install and see where it settles---make adjustments from that point with either free length at the same rate or new rate at same free length or combo of both

    Coil-over--check total suspension travel from bump stop to full extend to determine the length of coil over shock to give lower arms level at midpoint of shock travel--
    Pick a reasonable length/rate spring and install and let suspension travel settle--adjust the spring for the suspension ht you want---spring should not coil bind at bottom out or be loose at full travel---adjust from there for the ride and shock valving---expect to go thru a lot of springs to get the best ride/handling

  2. #2
    IC2
    IC2 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    UPSTATE New York
    Posts
    4,336

    Quote Originally Posted by jerry clayton View Post
    ---expect to go thru a lot of springs to get the best ride/handling
    Dang it Jerry - I wish you hadn't said that
    Dave W
    I am now gone from this forum for now - finally have pulled the plug

Reply To Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Links monetized by VigLink