[Shotimes] Spring Rates
Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:11:53 -0500
Yes. That's them. I like them. I can tell they're stiffer. But I
hate the look I have now. A friend of mine, upon seeing my car
in the driveway one day, asked me if I pulled the engine. Egads!
Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio
-'95 White MTX
'96 Brake Upgrade
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 12/08/2003 04:45:34 PM:
> Mike,
>
> If it's the ones I supplied, they are KMO fronts 1004 lbs / 200 lb/in
and
> EMT rears 455 lbs / 130 lb/in.
>
> Robert Bruce
> 93 atx
>
>
> -----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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