Re: Spring Rates

[Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>]

It's not just the angle, but the fact the spring is not at the end of 
the A-arm, so there is a lever ratio to consider.  I can't remember 
numbers anymore, but it is somewhere around 0.50 for the TR3/4/6.
Larry Young

John Wilkins wrote:

>Don't forget about the angle the Spring is being installed at. Spitfire Frt.
>springs are appx. 45 degree which affects the Spring rate substantially.
>Don't know much about the TVR.
>
>John Wilkins
>"66 Triumph Spitfire #892