Eric
Remember that once the spring comes off the perch, that corner has no more
work / force to give to the cars cornering effort. At that point you may as
well carry that corner. In mod we make the shock run out of travel at the
same time that the spring runs out of preload. bottom line the easiest
thing to do is make a cable that just goes tight at the same time that the
spring becomes unloaded. A "droop limiter"
Hope this helps.
Andy Whittle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linnhoff, Eric" <elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org>
To: "'autox'" <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:06 AM
Subject: Keeping coil-over springs perched
> In anticipation of receiving my new "built" Konis (C'mon you guys at
> ProParts West, put down that coffee ;^) I have a few questions.
>
> How does one keep the springs in/on/around /whatever the upper spring hats
> when the car is up on a jack? I assume, never having worked with
coil-overs
> before, that the spring will want to fall out of place when the pressure
is
> removed from it. I saw a neato (I guess) deal that Hypercoil sells that
> works sorta like a tender spring but it offers no additonal spring rate.
> It's a thin "flat steel" spring and is supposed to help push the spring up
> into the upper hat when the car gets jacked up. When the car is back down
> it (I guess) goes totally flat and becomes just a 3/4" or so spacer on the
> lower perch.
>
> And, how does a KnuckleDragger determine the proper spring rates? How do
I
> know whether to go up or down? How about bump and rebound settings?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Eric Linnhoff in KC
> 1998 Dodge Neon R/T
> #69 STS #13 TLS
> eric10mm@qni.com
> ICQ#101282513
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