[Shotimes] Spring Rates
Kirk Doucette
Kirk.doucette@verizon.net
Mon, 8 Dec 2003 18:22:17 -0500
Also becarefull of replacement GOOD American made rubber boots when doing
this.. When I had my trans re done I had the axles reinforced as well, I got
these amazing looking soft rubber boots. Great for flex!! First 125+ run
with the car stretched the soft rubber boot into the strut and acted like a
can opener. I went back to the stiff half Plastic boot from ford and have
not had an issue.
Kirk J Doucette
NESHOC President
Stormtrooper-97 White
-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 1:20 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Spring Rates
I was just looking at the chart again. I think the TRS is what I took
out. KMO sounds familiar for what I put in. It's all written down
at home somewhere. I was going to cut the strut tabs, but I can only
get about 1/2" before I get too close to the tire. I'm screwed unless
I spend a bunch of money.
Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio
-'95 White MTX
'96 Brake Upgrade
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
"sho2go" <srfdude@cox.net> wrote on 12/08/2003 12:51:10 PM:
> 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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