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RE: Honda spring rates... OOPS!

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Subject: RE: Honda spring rates... OOPS!
From: Skye Comstock <bilbo@nwlink.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:08:52 -0700
>Not everything you may read in a book can be taken as universally true.
>Adding stiffness to the front of a Honda/Integra or for that matter most
>FWD cars would only make the understeer more severe. The aftermarket and
>Honda itself, in the case of the Type R, cut down understeer by stiffening
>the rear with higher spring rates and in the case of the ITR the addition
>of the rather large 22mm rear anti-sway bar. In fact the addition of just a
>stiff rear bar on most Honda products will help tame the understeer by
>inducing some oversteer.

Yeah, I actually meant it the other way around... IE... Why do most spring
manufacturers sell them stiffer in front and softer in the rear when you
would want to do the opposite. I should read my mail before I sent it. ;)

-Skye



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