Spring Rates - Explanation?
I'm not sure how spring rate works - if I'm comparing lowering springs from two different manufacturers:
Springs A say they give 160 lbs front and 200 lbs rear of spring rate. Springs B say they give 175 lbs front and 350 lbs rear. What's the difference in actual feeling when driving? |
depends if progressive rate or not, but in a nutshell you can
expect SpringB to be more performance oriented (nimble) than your SpringA. SpringA would be much softer in ride (probably too soft for the rear with 200lbs/in) making the car roll too much unless you run larger swaybars. it will make your car feel heavier to turn. hope this helps |
Originally Posted by prossett
(Post 200822)
I'm not sure how spring rate works - if I'm comparing lowering springs from two different manufacturers:
Springs A say they give 160 lbs front and 200 lbs rear of spring rate. Springs B say they give 175 lbs front and 350 lbs rear. What's the difference in actual feeling when driving? eg. 200lb spring rate... it would take 400 pounds to compress it 2 inches 600 pounds to compress it 3 inches 350lb spring rate... 700pounds to compress it 2 inches 1050 pounds to compress it 3 inches |
Cool - thanks guys.
Curious about another thing now ;) Why would the front springs not be set up to carry the most weight, that's where the engine is... that's where the braking force goes... |
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