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1. Coil Over Spring Rates (score: 1): Author: Scott Meyers <solo2@uswest.net>; Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 07:56:50 -0700; My 200SX has a 166# front spring rate (non-stock), factory accurate number. It is a McPherson Strut (I guess), where the spring is mounted on top of the strut. I will be changing to the 2 1/2" coil o; /html/autox/2000-10/msg00369.html (8,018 bytes)
2. Re: Coil Over Spring Rates (score: 1): Author: Brian Berryhill <brianberryhill@flashmail.com>; Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 13:11:05 -0500; I thought a spring is a spring is a spring... so no matter how long or what diameter or what size the spring is, a 166# rate on an OEM spring would compress the same rate as a coil over 166# spring.; /html/autox/2000-10/msg00375.html (9,763 bytes)
3. Re: Coil Over Spring Rates (score: 1): Author: Paul Foster <pfoster@gdi.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:44:43 -0400; Scott Meyers wrote (in part): <<<How would the 166# current rate translate into coil-over terms? Since it appears that the spring is around the shock and strut that it is a one-to-one ratio, and a tr; /html/autox/2000-10/msg00417.html (8,047 bytes)
4. Re: Coil Over Spring Rates (score: 1): Author: Ian McCloghrie <ian@codrus.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 12:56:54 -0700; Yes, but by moving the spring mounting location, you change the length of the suspension lever arm working on it, and thus change the effective spring rate. --Ian; /html/autox/2000-10/msg00424.html (7,468 bytes)
5. Re: Coil Over Spring Rates (score: 1): Author: Paul Foster <pfoster@gdi.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 19:10:31 -0400; You might change the range of travel by using a larger or smaller spring, but I don't see how you are changing the lever arm unless you move the mounting points. Paul Foster; /html/autox/2000-10/msg00440.html (7,709 bytes)
6. Re: Coil Over Spring Rates (score: 1): Author: Ian McCloghrie <ian@codrus.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:54:26 -0700; Converting a car that previous did not have a coilover suspension to one that does (which I believe the original poster was doing?) almost certainly moves the mounting points. :) --Ian; /html/autox/2000-10/msg00443.html (7,479 bytes)
7. Re: Coil Over Spring Rates (score: 1): Author: "Eric Linnhoff" <eric10mm@qni.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 23:28:31 -0500; == And such a conversion usually moves them outward from the "fulcrum" which lowers their effective rates. Hence the need for higher initial spring rates. See, I'm learning. ;^) Eric Linnhoff in KC; /html/autox/2000-10/msg00458.html (8,168 bytes)
8. Re: Coil Over Spring Rates (score: 1): Author: Paul Foster <pfoster@gdi.net>; Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:48:18 -0400; It certainly didn't on mine and I believe it is illegal to do so in SP. Paul Foster; /html/autox/2000-10/msg00463.html (7,643 bytes)
9. Re: Coil Over Spring Rates (score: 1): Author: Paul Foster <pfoster@gdi.net>; Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:57:38 -0400; Ah! Now I understand the confusion! I was referring to suspension mounting points, not spring mounting points... Paul Foster; /html/autox/2000-10/msg00464.html (7,959 bytes)
10. Re: Coil Over Spring Rates (score: 1): Author: Kevin Wenzel <kwenzel@rmsolo.org>; Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:51:35 -0600; Changing the position of the upper and/or lower mounting points of a spring along the same axis that the original spring defined (which will be the case in a McPherson strut design, unless you move t; /html/autox/2000-10/msg00471.html (8,781 bytes)

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