[Shotimes] Spring Rates

Mon, 8 Dec 2003 09:51:10 -0800

Well the fronts in my '95 ATX happen to be the TRS; the spring rate is
907lb. rating, 155lbs/in.  The stock springs in the '90 are JIT, 954lbs,
200lbs/in.  I have a set of extra JITs that I was going to throw in the '95
to see if it would stiffen up the front a little; the TRS are very soft.
Sounds like most of your problem came from the struts.
Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Spring Rates

> Well, if you're going to start playing around with factory springs,
> I'd be careful.  When I rebuilt my front suspension this past summer,
> I swapped in some stiffer factory springs that I picked up.  I think
> they are a TRS code.  I figured that the ride height would stay the
> same, but the spring would be a little stiffer.  They were pretty
> much free, so what the heck.  Boy was I wrong!  The ride height
> increased by about 2".
>
> It turns out these springs came from an ATX, which is heavier than
> an MTX.  I hate it.  But I still don't think all of the extra height
> is from the springs.  I believe some of it is from the new strut
> mounts too.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do.  Eibach springs
> would help, but wouldn't work very well on stock (Sachs) struts.
> I may swap my old '95 springs back in next summer.
>
> Anyways, the point of all this is just to warn you that you may
> not end up with what you want, unless you do some research.
>
>
> Mike Wojton
> Toledo, Ohio
>
> -'95 White MTX
>    '96 Brake Upgrade
>
> Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
>
>
>
>
> shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 12/05/2003 06:51:52 PM:
>
> > Thanks Everybody for straighten this out for me.
> > Thanks!!
> >
> > Anyone tried to mix and match their spring rating and
> > hieght to get what they want?  Any Danger in that?
> >
> > I want to find the best match, prefferrably highest
> > rating & loweest hieght..
> >
> > Next on another car, I want to have the same setup,
> > except for the rears to be slightly higher, ie.
> > slightest slant.
> >
> > Right now my 95'MTX slooks like it's slanted backwards
> > with the rears too low.  And they're pretty new OEM
> > springs...     Strange..
> >
> > Any Sugestions and opinions?  Thanks a lot! :)
> >
> > -john
> >
> > -John
> > --- Johnsho92 <john_sho92@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > This is an OLD MAIL that I have retrieved, but I
> > > would
> > > if someone has the GIFs that were once posted on the
> > > site listed below?   The Links no longer work.
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > > -John.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Alan Fanning <Awfanning@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > > Hi Leigh.
> > > >
> > > > Here's a post from my archives. Unfortunately the
> > > > links don't seem to work,
> > > > but the info is out there somewhere.  Anybody?
> > > >
> > > >     Alan
> > > >
> > > > --------------------
> > > > Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 21:00:17 -0400
> > > > From: "Jeff Costantino" <jeff@hookt-up.com>
> > > > Subject: Front and rear spring code tables
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ok, here are the three links to everything
> > > relating
> > > > to ride height and
> > > > spring rate. I saw that part of the information
> > > was
> > > > already posted, but this
> > > > is that info plus the front rate table and ride
> > > > height.
> > > > http://www.hookt-up.com/images/42154031.gif Fender
> > > > opening to wheel center
> > > > http://www.hookt-up.com/images/42154032.gif Rear
> > > > spring chart
> > > > http://www.hookt-up.com/images/42154033.gif Front
> > > > spring chart
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know exactally what the rates mean?
> > > I'm
> > > > sure something like
> > > > "788/330-564" means it's progressive rate, but I'm
> > > > not sure what measurement
> > > > is used to compare different spring sets.
> > > >
> > > > Jeff - 95
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