[DeTomaso] Aldan shocks help!

[pantdino at aol.com]

Oops. My bad.

Jim






-----Original Message-----
From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
To: pantdino at aol.com; panteratime at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 7:55 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Aldan shocks help!



In a message dated 3/22/10 16 02 52, pantdino at aol.com writes:



This is kind of complicated in that if you want to lower the car the long shocks will not allow you to, or if you buy coilovers you will have to compress  them down, thus increasing your spring rate

This is kind of complicated in that if you want to lower the car the long shocks will not allow you to, or if you buy coilovers you will have to compress  them down, thus increasing your spring rate


Uh...no.

Ride height is set with coilover shocks by raising and lowering the spring perch on a threaded collar.  You're not 'compressing' anything.  The spring rate is the same whether you have it jacked to the moon, or lowered into the weeds.  The length of the spring is unchanged in either case, as is the rate.

I think you're thinking about lowering the car by *cutting* the springs, which does increase the spring rate (and generally screws things up).

Mike