Issues with 1000#front springs....
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St. Jude Donor '07
Issues with 1000#front springs....
Do they fit in the recesses?
I heard really short springs flopped around if you hit a bump. The road races don't have a problem so I should be fine with that. There 8.5" tall btw
That should make it have a 24" ride height. I may have to look for taller springs because that may be too low.
Finally getting ready to buy them
I heard really short springs flopped around if you hit a bump. The road races don't have a problem so I should be fine with that. There 8.5" tall btw
That should make it have a 24" ride height. I may have to look for taller springs because that may be too low.Finally getting ready to buy them
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Any circle track manufacturer. Guldstrands springs are also 1000#'s.
It should finally feel good with the 600 rear also.
It should finally feel good with the 600 rear also.
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Why are you buying springs that stiff ? I hope you don't have any loose fillings because the jarring from going over small cracks in the road gets old real fast
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1000 lb. coil springs and a 600 lb. rear leaf spring?
Go with composite leaf springs front and back and put a dual mount in the back and be done with it. Quit wasting your time with 60s suspension technology. Either go composite leaf springs or coil overs, if you're going to spend that much effort on it.
Go with composite leaf springs front and back and put a dual mount in the back and be done with it. Quit wasting your time with 60s suspension technology. Either go composite leaf springs or coil overs, if you're going to spend that much effort on it.
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I'm a big fan of big springs and soft shocks for autocrossing. I think your springs may be a little on the short side though. A good driver with big springs will do well on race day.
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Obviously this will not be for a road car.
The super stiff setup has been proven in the past and was a successful setup for a former BSP multi-time national champ autocrosser. The limitations of the rules did not allow for geometry correction so the theory was in order to maintain the suspension geometry, you make it as stiff as possible so it doesn't move. I have seen that car run in person, and the only faster car that day was the same guy in his National Champ Z06. Danny Popp knows his stuff.
Go to Guldstrand, don't bother with circle track stuff. Although I don't think Daytona springs (860 lb/in) were much taller than 8.5". Curious to know how he came with 24" ride height. They're not going to compress like a lower rate spring would.
Jim Harrison uses Daytona coils, maybe he'll chime in and tell us how tall those are uncompressed and where his ride hieght is at. Danny's car with 1200lb/in springs sat at probably about 26.5" or so with 317/35-17's on the front.
I plan on trying at least Daytona's at some point, my car does not see the street.
The super stiff setup has been proven in the past and was a successful setup for a former BSP multi-time national champ autocrosser. The limitations of the rules did not allow for geometry correction so the theory was in order to maintain the suspension geometry, you make it as stiff as possible so it doesn't move. I have seen that car run in person, and the only faster car that day was the same guy in his National Champ Z06. Danny Popp knows his stuff.
Go to Guldstrand, don't bother with circle track stuff. Although I don't think Daytona springs (860 lb/in) were much taller than 8.5". Curious to know how he came with 24" ride height. They're not going to compress like a lower rate spring would.
Jim Harrison uses Daytona coils, maybe he'll chime in and tell us how tall those are uncompressed and where his ride hieght is at. Danny's car with 1200lb/in springs sat at probably about 26.5" or so with 317/35-17's on the front.
I plan on trying at least Daytona's at some point, my car does not see the street.
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I believe I have a set of monster front springs off the Flying Tigers Corvette racer...want to buy them?? I also know where there is a like new 420# fiberglass rear leaf if anyone is interested. redvetracr@yahoo.com
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And down the road I'm going to fix the bumpsteer and put coil overs in all 4 corners.
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I run my tire pressures lower than normal if i want a softer ride around town. The tire then dampens the bumps.
255/60/15s have a lot of sidewall and with 20-24# of air really smooth out the ride. These are my grocery getting tires.
the 17s ride like bricks no matter how much pressure you have in them.
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guys in my road race club are putting 1000 pounders on miatas. You're fine.
I run my tire pressures lower than normal if i want a softer ride around town. The tire then dampens the bumps.
255/60/15s have a lot of sidewall and with 20-24# of air really smooth out the ride. These are my grocery getting tires.
the 17s ride like bricks no matter how much pressure you have in them.
I run my tire pressures lower than normal if i want a softer ride around town. The tire then dampens the bumps.
255/60/15s have a lot of sidewall and with 20-24# of air really smooth out the ride. These are my grocery getting tires.
the 17s ride like bricks no matter how much pressure you have in them.
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They're just giving you opinions based on their frame of reference. Of course 1000# springs are no good for show n' shines.
Remember there are only a hand full of road course guys here. Howard is the only real road racer here. The rest of us are just weekend jagoffs for the most part.