Frank. I thought free length of CB cars was around 8 to 8.5 inches and the
RG ones were 9 to 9.5", but Moss list 3 lengths.
TO HAN8 58380, GAN3-46040........... 9.4"
FROM HAN8-58391 ON
GAN3-46041 TO GANG-171477 .......... 9.6"
GAN6-171478 0N...................... 9.8"
They also list to competition springs.
340lb/in lowers car slightly
400lb/in lowers car approx 1"
I have competition springs in my vintage racer and they're about 10 years
old now with no noticable change (has lowering spring pan spacers too). I
believe they came from Winner's Circle. They're yellow (powdercoat I
think). I don't recal the spring rate for certain, but I think thy're 350.
Gerard
At 10:26 PM -0400 5/27/02, Frank Clarici wrote:
>List
>
>In my Bugeye I installed 1" lower coil springs about 2 or 3 years ago.
>Well they lost their spring already.
>I found this out tonight when a friend hopped in the Sprite with me and
>the tires starting rubbing on the wheel lip. This didn't happen last
>year when he rode with me and he didn't gain any weight this year.
>I also noticed my wheels rubbing on turns with just me in the car lately
>too. I did gain 3-5 lbs this year.
>So I am sticking the 40 year old springs back in cause they are better
>then new. Like modern rubber trees, the steel trees just ain't the same
>as they used to be.
>Or unless we have a large enough earthquake to eliminate the source of
>all this cheap made crap, I'll use the old stuff.
>
>So my question is, what does a stock Bugeye (or 1275 Sprite) front coil
>spring measure? I have a set that measure 9.5 inches.
>The TOP quality NEW ones are still in the car so I can not measure them
>just yet. And to think I threw out about 6 pairs this winter only to
>save one set.
>--
>Frank Clarici
>Toms River, NJ
>http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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