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1. mega-stiff springs on a street tire car (score: 1)
Author: pault151@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:34:08 +0000
Was having a discussion a while back with Ben M. but anyone else is welcome to chime in with their experience. How much of an improvement would you think could be gained on a street tire car by going
/html/ba-autox/2007-02/msg00010.html (7,768 bytes)

2. RE: mega-stiff springs on a street tire car (score: 1)
Author: "Navid Kahangi" <navid@xperformance.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:03:56 -0800
One big advantage of coilovers that most people overlook is the ability to corner-balance the car. You'd be surprised how much that helps. --Navid Was having a discussion a while back with Ben M. bu
/html/ba-autox/2007-02/msg00011.html (8,339 bytes)

3. RE: mega-stiff springs on a street tire car (score: 1)
Author: "james creasy" <james@thevenom.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:28:29 -0800
you mean getting rid of your ultra-soft buick-ride stock springs for a real adjustable setup? you need to look at the spring rate at the wheel, not the spring itself. i am at double the stock rate, a
/html/ba-autox/2007-02/msg00012.html (8,567 bytes)

4. Re: mega-stiff springs on a street tire car (score: 1)
Author: barry.chafin@sbcglobal.net
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:49:38 -0800 (PST)
Hey Paul, Going from Eibach Sport springs to adjustable ride height coil-overs with 380 lb. front and 500 lb. rear linear rate springs made a huge difference in performance for the Maxima. I moved fr
/html/ba-autox/2007-02/msg00013.html (8,946 bytes)

5. Re: mega-stiff springs on a street tire car (score: 1)
Author: Smokerbros@aol.com
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:59:42 EST
What you have to look at is why we do this. It's all about that tire contact patch. In my 2300 lb. Integra with relatively good geometry (Short and Long Arm suspension as opposed to struts), 450/550
/html/ba-autox/2007-02/msg00015.html (7,926 bytes)

6. Re: mega-stiff springs on a street tire car (score: 1)
Author: Smokerbros@aol.com
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:35:42 EST
Oh, and one other thing... James alluded to this... Spring rate vs. wheel rate. You have to measure the geometry of your lower control arm (or upper if you had some weird suspension where the spring
/html/ba-autox/2007-02/msg00016.html (7,921 bytes)


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