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1. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: idhtfts@yahoo.com; Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 14:16:34 -0500; Thanks Joe for the heads up. Who would have suspected it? I guess I'm left with these possibilities. Weaker springs from a Spit (if they are weaker that is) Shorter springs Is there any spring rate a; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00216.html (8,172 bytes)
2. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 12:58:30 -0700; If you use Spit Springs and feel like it is still too high, cutting the coils will both lower the car and stiffen the spring rate. So that may be a valid option. The Later Spit springs (I believe) ar; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00224.html (8,478 bytes)
3. RE: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: "Catchpole, Pat" <Pat.Catchpole@ntc-europe.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 12:00:09 -0000; I posted this a while ago.... According to the Triumph Tune manual, Spit IV / 1500 should have a fitted length of 8". The spring rate is 180 lb/inch. GT6's have a fitted length of 8.1", but a rate of; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00294.html (9,760 bytes)
4. RE: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: idhtfts@yahoo.com; Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 09:36:42 -0500; Or perhaps that could give me the results I want (lower and not harsher). So the question is, what is the downside of compressing a spring more than was intended by using the Spitfire spring in a GT6; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00295.html (8,961 bytes)
5. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 08:10:06 -0700; You'll just get a mushier ride with a likelihood of bottoming out. If you want to improve handling and adjust the height, you will want to either get the right size and rated springs from someone lik; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00296.html (9,839 bytes)
6. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 11:32:54 -0500; The math is straight forward enough to determine the results. It's also not going to result in a radical change in spring rate, since there are so many coils. The latter is dicey because it is a hit; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00298.html (8,561 bytes)
7. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 10:06:35 -0700; Why do you feel the need to correct me on every reply I send? The fact of the matter is that anytime you apply heat to springs or modify them in any way it is impossible to predict the properties af; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00301.html (9,033 bytes)
8. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 12:57:50 -0700; Well known but depends entirely on the data that is put into the formulas. If the data is either unknown or "Shaky" you can't depend on the results. So it remains "seat-of-your-pants". Joe /// spitfi; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00307.html (8,957 bytes)
9. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 06:39:21 -0500; All it involves is measuring the spring and counting the number of active coils. Those numbers are not unknown or shakey, unless the person can't count or use a ruler. Now I'm pretty sure everyone on; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00328.html (8,997 bytes)
10. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:00:15 -0700; OK, Your'r right and I'm an idiot! /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00337.html (9,222 bytes)
11. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: idhtfts@yahoo.com; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 10:43:08 -0500; Just got off the phone with a local spring shop. The guy said as soon as you add heat to a coil spring, everything you thought you knew about its spring rate and behavior has now changed. Formulas ap; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00338.html (9,102 bytes)
12. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:00:07 -0500; Which is why you shouldn't try to change a springs rate by running a torch up and down it.. This was a dumb, but common, technique years ago. Run a torch up and down the coils until the car settled d; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00340.html (9,606 bytes)
13. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:20:34 -0700; Precisely! Joe /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00341.html (9,232 bytes)
14. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:23:27 -0700; Explain to me if you can how you get a cut spring to sit onto its perch if you don't taper the coil and then take a torch and flatten the end? Joe /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or tr; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00342.html (9,216 bytes)
15. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 12:34:25 -0500; Come on Paul, you can surely tell the difference between heating up the entire length of a coil spring to collapse it and heating up a few inches when cutting it. There's no "flip-flop" on my part. T; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00348.html (8,984 bytes)
16. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 10:33:02 -0700; No tackier than implying that I don't know what I'm talking about!!!!! Joe /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00349.html (8,796 bytes)
17. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: idhtfts@yahoo.com; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 13:10:18 -0500; The spring shop wasn't implying they would heat the entire spring either. They were referring to the heat applied against a few coils at the end being operated on. It's enough to make a difference. -; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00350.html (8,664 bytes)
18. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 13:38:57 -0500; I think what you're actually asking about is the way the cut spring will ride against the seat, not getting it to seat. For compression holds the spring against the seat, and they are almost always l; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00353.html (9,560 bytes)
19. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:35:02 -0700; The Spitfire doesn't have a stepped perch. They are flat on either end. ANd while you might get away with putting a cut spring that has not been flattened on a Spitfire perch, it will not set right i; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00355.html (8,981 bytes)
20. Re: GT6 vs Spitfire front springs (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 14:14:10 -0500; Since there is a shock absorber in the center of the coil spring on a Spitfire, there really is no danger of the spring popping out. :-) Yes, you can have a problem with a spring rubbing against the; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00359.html (8,854 bytes)

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