[DeTomaso] Short Springs

[Julian Kift]

The answer is helper springs, a flat spring that has just sufficient compression to keep the main spring seated on its perch. I have them on my Intrax shocks on the Ultima.
 
Here is one example I found with a quick Google search (not sure if QA1 does their own);
 
http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?tpc=Hyperco-Helper-Springs&form_prod_id=511&action=product
 
You can also get a guide that seats the helper spring to the main coil spring, see the internal link on the above page.
 
Good luck,
Julian
 

> From: seanmundy at hotmail.com
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:26:10 -0700
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Short Springs
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> Anyone out there have the adjustable QA1 shocks from PIM? Wondering if you have the same issue as me. Both my springs front and rear are so short that they fall off the upper spring perch when I jack up the car and the shock itself becomes fully extended. This is a pain because when lowering the car I have to get my hand in there and actually guide the spring onto the upper perch as the car drops down off the jack. Not getting my arm out and getting it stuck in there a couple times is not fun when youre alone in the garage. Imagine your arm pinned between the fender and the tire and trying to jack up the car with an extended leg!!! I also can hear the spring dropping of and slamming back onto the perch when I hit a big bump or compression while driving. This loose spring condition has caused the spring itself to come into contact with the outside of the shock body and has caused some very visible wear. If I adjust the lower spring perch up on the shock body to make up the gap and keep the spring in contact with the upper spring perch my total shock length is too tall. I don't like my car looking like a funny car with rear end jacked up WAY high like they did back in the 70's. Any ideas? Thanks, Sean Mundy 
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