[Shotimes] Eibach springs with stock struts?

[Ian Fisher]

This is correct. The GR2 is supposedly a bit stiffer
than a SLO strut but not as stiff as an OEM Sachs SHO
strut. What Bill is saying makes sense. (for
once)hahaha ;)

Ian

--- Bill Murray <fordsho@cloud9grafx.com> wrote:

> The GR2s are a stock replacement for the taurus, not
> the SHO.  Therefore their dampening capacity is for
> a stock taurus spring, not an uprated SHO spring and
> definitely not an even stiffer eibach.  Since the
> rears carry a much lighter load, the inability of
> the strut to dampen the eibach isn't as noticable,
> but it's still probably there.
> 
> Bill Murray
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Dave Garber" <dgarber@servicelinklp.com>
> Date: 02/25/05 01:58 PM
> To: "Ian Fisher" <dataflash@yahoo.com>,
> <leahyz@gmail.com>,<shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Eibach springs with stock
> struts?
> 
> But wouldn't the rears be proportionately the same?
> In other words, if
> the front springs are rated higher due to the
> increased weight of the
> engine, shouldn't the struts dampening also be rated
> 'higher'? I mean, I
> would think that along this line of logic that the
> rears may indeed be a
> 'lighter' spring, but the strut should also be
> equally 'lighter' in it's
> dampening. Conversely, the front springs are rated
> higher, so the struts
> would be too.
> 
> Are the stock front springs rated higher than the
> stock rear springs? If
> so, I guarantee you that the struts are rated to
> match their respective
> springs. Further, the KYB's, as a stock replacement,
> should be the same
> way. And the Eibach's should also be the same, with
> the fronts stiffer
> than the rears. So, since the rear rides perfectly
> fine, why doesn't the
> front? Bad struts? Defective from the factory?
> Different rating due to
> being built in a different country (the fronts are
> China, the rears
> Italy)?
> 
> 
> Dave Garber
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Fisher [mailto:dataflash@yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 1:39 PM
> To: Dave Garber; leahyz@gmail.com;
> shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Eibach springs with stock
> struts?
> 
> I don't have the coil ratings in front of me but I
> would imagine that
> the front springs are rated much higher to
> accomodate all of the weight
> up front as opposed to the rears. ie, the rear
> springs are naturally
> softer because most of the weight in the Taurus is
> up front.
> 
> I've seen this happen before on other cars, Hondas,
> SHO's, etc. People
> install higher rate springs but the OE or OE style
> strut isn't valved to
> handle the spring.  As a result, the car bounces
> over everything.
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> --- Dave Garber <dgarber@servicelinklp.com> wrote:
> 
> > Then why doesn't the rear act the same way? The
> rear of the car rides 
> > great - whether I have two 230lbs+ adults back
> there, or whether I 
> > have no one back there. It's just the front.
> > 
> > I've replaced springs in other cars I've owned
> without changing 
> > shocks/struts and never experienced this school
> bus bouncy ride 
> > before.
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