Without getting into the math of it, just imagine the spring as a straight piece
of round metal bar stock (or wire). This is actually how it starts out, BTW. A
shorter bar is stiffer than a longer bar and will deflect less when put under
the same stress.
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> Tomet9@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 12:15 PM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Cc: Tomet9@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Spring rate?
>
>
> Hi list,
>
> Recently a list member mentioned that cutting a stock front coil by one
> coil would in fact lower the car by 1 inch and that it would also increase
> the spring rate substantially.
> I am by no means a physics expert and therefore confused as to this issue.
> Can someone explain why merely cutting a spring shorter increases the spring
> rate? Are we talking about the rebounding rate of spring?
>
> Tom Prather 69/2.0
>
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