Maybe that's why I've got a bad back. I've been running comp rears in mine
since the mid-70's. Yes,
they're damn stiff! As the roads up here in the NW deteriorate, I may have to
look at alternatives.
Jsk977@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/18/00 7:21:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> casalp@earthlink.net writes:
>
> << ou might want to go for a ride in a roadster that has comp springs in
> it. " Why I remember" back when I raced my roadster in the late 70s
> most racing roadsters I saw ran the stock rear springs, de-arched. I
> was told that the racing springs were to stiff. I have racing springs
> on mine, but it has never been, and won't ever be on the street. ;-) I
> hope to run it at Candlestick autocross on May 20. That surface is
> bumpy, so I will see how it does on less than ideal surfaces.
> David Pina
>
>
> >>
> Dave,
>
> Long time ago I tried the rear comp springs on on my CP 67 Solex, and like
> many others found them too stiff for the bumpy east coast tracks. Finally
> settled on the stock springs with a lowering kit from Bob Sharp. The kit
> contained extended U bolts and an assortment of aluminimun blocks of various
> thicknesses that fit between the spring and axle. Can't imagine using the
> comp springs for the street.
>
> Jerry Krakauer
> SRL311 - 00099
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