Fred Puhn's book, "How to make your car handle", has all the formulas required
to calculate coil spring rates. I can't quote from memory but I could look it up
and get it to you tomorrow. If the answer you get is in the neighborhood of 300
lb/in, then they are certainly Tiger-like springs.
Theo Smit
tsmit@novatel.ca
B382002705
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Laifman [SMTP:Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 1999 12:06 PM
> To: alpines@autox.team.net; Tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Late SV's, Tigers and ride height
>
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>
> I mentioned this to the Alpine list, and am now forwarding it to the Tiger
> list, to see if there are any other thoughts from Tiger folks.
>
> I have heard and seen written that the very late SV's were much more
> similar to Mark II Tigers than the other Alpines were to Tigers. I have a
> very late SV (the one that was totalled in an accident). It has always had
> a higher ride height up front than earlier Alpines that I have seen. I've
> also seen other very late SV's with similar higher ride heights.
>
> Presumably, Rootes was trying to eliminate as many differences between the
> Alpines and Tigers to reduce the costs of having different products where
> it was not needed. So, maybe the changes to the Alpines done to the very
> late SV's were a product of that "economization." And, maybe that higher
> ride height I've noticed on some late SV's was also attributable to Rootes
> putting the same springs on both cars, ie Tiger springs. Hmmm.
>
> Is there any way to tell from measuring the springs with hand tools (ie
> tape measure and calipers) if they are "Tiger" springs?
>
> If this turns out to be true, I may have for sale a pair of factory
> original Tiger springs that have seen very little stress relative to 30
> years on a Tiger.
>
> Jay
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