Coilover front end spring rates?

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Apr 29, 2007 | 05:20 PM

#41

LD85

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From: Indianapolis IN

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Originally Posted by cheetah

Don't weld before you bend the towers out. The springs hit the sides. I used a giant crescent wrench. As far as the weight transfer for drag racing, I was at the track last week and one of my buddies said my car took off like a missile. It didn't lift and didn't squat, just went. I busted the spider gears in my Dana 36 with cheater slicks, still managed a 12.77 with a 1.7 60 ft.

I cut the stock towers completely off,,,,, and bought some 1018 CRS, 1/4" thick and made my own towers,, I'll post pics next weekend when they are welded on.

The 85 stock towers are not even close to a QA1 coil, which is 3.563 wide. My new towers will be thicker than the 1996 steel towers that are 5/32" thick.

Nov 18, 2007 | 07:47 AM

#42

Mojave

Melting Slicks

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From: College Station TX

Very interesting read. I am considering putting coil overs on my 96. I am currently running the 115.5 Z51 spring (659 lbs/in), and I want to up the spring rate some, but I'm unsure of just how much spring rate I will need to not only match the Z51 spec, but increase it some as well.