[DeTomaso] Springs

[Will Kooiman]

I have Quella's steel bodied shocks that he advertises in POCA.  I don't
remember the spring rates, but he said they're the ones that most people
like.  I like them a lot.  They're firm, maybe a little too firm for the
street, but they're not bad.  I thing they are 450/550, but that's a guess.

I have hollow 1" bars front and rear.  I have aluminum heads, intake, and
water pump (slightly reduced weight).

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Dick Koch
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 7:31 AM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Springs

I would like to get input from the forum brain trust before I upgrade 
the stock springs on my Pantera. 

Comments would be appreciated on ride, handling, structural 
implications, and modifications that one would suggest by going to a 
stiffer spring.

The car is used primarily on the street with occasional track time (once 
or twice a year).

I have 245/17 tires on front, 335/17s on the rear, with a stock front 
sway bar and a 1" aftermarket rear sway bar.

It has the original inherent problem with understeer.
  
I use Magneshock shocks which I can adjust to whatever setting I want 
for rebound/compression.  To reduce understeer on the track, the rear 
shock had to be set high on both rebound/compression (dialed in at 
Pahrump a few years ago for current suspension setup).  On the street, 
the shocks are set for a much less "rigid" ride.

I have replaced the rear cross member brace with an adjustable one that 
locks in the rear suspension at the stock position.  Other than that, I 
have not added any chassis bracing and to date have had no problems with 
body stress cracks, except the usual one on the corner of the outside 
lower rear tail lights. 

The stock springs I have on the car are 315 lbs/inch front, 445 lbs/inch 
on the rears.

I am looking at replacing them with 550 lbs/inch front, 600 lbs/inch 
rear, which as I remember some folks have said they used on their car.

SoBills database documents 400-450 fronts, 600 rears. 

Suggestions and comments would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Dick Koch - Atlanta
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