How To Determine Ideal Spring Rate?
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How To Determine Ideal Spring Rate?
how are you guys choosing spring rates? other than trial and error, is there a formula to use, or just knowledge and experience?
im looking for either leaf type, or coilover.
im looking for either leaf type, or coilover.
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here are my current corner weights, if it helps. this will be for a daily driven vehicle, but i enjoy a firm ride, and the occasional track day.
LF-1340 RF-1201
LR-809 RR-822
(its not a vette, but has full C5 suspension, both ends)
LF-1340 RF-1201
LR-809 RR-822
(its not a vette, but has full C5 suspension, both ends)
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You have a couple of things to consider here..
1. Most of us defer to the experience and proven results from vendors that test and build replacement components, be it coil-overs or transverse leafs..
2. You’ve admitted that this application is not for a C5; judging by your corner weight values, it looks like you've got a front-end bias, something the C5 platform doesn’t have (almost perfect 50-50 front to rear distribution), which kind of makes any "C5 or C6" specific calibrations useless to you.
Good luck with your project.
1. Most of us defer to the experience and proven results from vendors that test and build replacement components, be it coil-overs or transverse leafs..
2. You’ve admitted that this application is not for a C5; judging by your corner weight values, it looks like you've got a front-end bias, something the C5 platform doesn’t have (almost perfect 50-50 front to rear distribution), which kind of makes any "C5 or C6" specific calibrations useless to you.
Good luck with your project.
Last edited by Dan_the_C5_Man; May 2, 2009 at 01:20 PM.
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Instructor
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From: Austin TX
You have a couple of things to consider here..
1. Most of us defer to the experience and proven results from vendors that test and build replacement components, be it coil-overs or transverse leafs..
2. You’ve admitted that this application is not for a C5; judging by your corner weight values, it looks like you've got a front-end bias, something the C5 platform doesn’t have (almost perfect 50-50 front to rear distribution), which kind of makes any "C5 or C6" specific calibrations useless to you.
Good luck with your project.
1. Most of us defer to the experience and proven results from vendors that test and build replacement components, be it coil-overs or transverse leafs..
2. You’ve admitted that this application is not for a C5; judging by your corner weight values, it looks like you've got a front-end bias, something the C5 platform doesn’t have (almost perfect 50-50 front to rear distribution), which kind of makes any "C5 or C6" specific calibrations useless to you.
Good luck with your project.
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11
well i obviously wasnt looking for C5 or C6 specific values. I was looking more for someone with some experience with vehicle weight vs. spring rate info. Or a formula i can use to determine the ideal rates for My vehicle. I asked this question here, because im using vette parts, and there seem to be alot of folks here who have some knowledge of how to get the most out of these suspension parts.
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as far as tires go, im going to be using 20" forged wheels that should weigh around 25 lbs ea. and front tires will be 275/45-20, with rears being 29x18x20.
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11
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