[Fot] Spitfire rear spring rate

[gt6steve at aol.com]

I recall something like 800 Lbs for the GT6 spring.  That from the factory
workshop manual.

Perhaps it's specced out in the 1500 manual?





-----Original Message-----
From: Barr, Scott <sbarr at McCarty-Law.com>
To: fot at autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, Jun 1, 2010 6:18 am
Subject: [Fot] Spitfire rear spring rate


Can anyone tell me the stock spring rate for the 1500 Spitfire's rear
pring?  This would be a swing-spring.

It's time to get the car back to the frame & spring shop.  The rear
pring has started to sag a little and we've now got what looks like 6-8
egrees of negative camber back there.  The tire temperatures are much
igher on the inner edges than in the middle and outer edges.  And the
ar's twitchier than hell - very loose.

There's a non-stock spring back there now, which is a little too light
ince I borrowed it from an 1147 car, along with its axles.  I'd like to
e able give the spring shop a benchmark for how stiff the stock spring
s.

Scott B.
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