[DeTomaso] Spring rates, math quiz
Mikael
mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk
Fri Jun 13 16:16:18 EDT 2014
No spacers
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From: Ken Green
Sent: fredag den 13. juni 2014 22.14
To: Mikael; Mike Thomas; 'De Tomaso List'
Reply To: Ken Green
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Spring rates, math quiz
I don't think you necessarily lower the car 1cm if the compressed
spring is 1 cm shorter, depends on the suspension geometry.
Are you sure there are no spacers in the shocks you can remove, like
the spacers on Pantera shocks? If there are, do that first.
Ken
From: Mikael <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk>
To: Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net>; 'De Tomaso List'
<detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 12:30 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Spring rates, math quiz
So all you math genuises, here's a question. My orig Longchamp springs
of unknown spring rate are too hard/long now that I have replaced heavy
iron: headers, heads, intake. Tomorrow I'm going to a place where they
have springs on shelves so I can measure and find close origs in size.
I.D. has to be exact (9cm). And I plan to find springs from a car with
a V6, preferably sporty soo not too soft. And I realize that I will
have to buy several (they're about $60 each) to experiment to get the
height I want.
But here's the question. Orig springs are 38cm free, and 25cm mounted
in shock and weight on car. I'm looking for around 20cm, lowering 5cm.
Question: if they have springs with proper diameter, but are maybe 33cm
at rest instead of 38cm, what is the equivalent height decrease when
weight is on spring and mounted in shock? Is there a formula?
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