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Deane
 Post subject: Rear spring length
PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:03 pm 
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Does anyone know the average length of a "low" rear spring.

My car is too low and I'm trying to workout what springs it has currently. I measured them this afternoon, they are 235mm free length.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:43 pm 
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errrrrr no, but I just took a spring out of my 1600 which wasn't lowered or sagging and its 285. HTH


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Having just been playing around with rear ride heights and rear springs on my rally car, there is no defined "correct" free length for the springs. They are highly dependent on spring rate, vehicle weight, and some other factors to determine what the right free length is, and compressed length.

235mm does sound way too short, though. Most srpings I tried were in the 275-300mm length range...

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Deane
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fro wrote:
They are highly dependent on spring rate, vehicle weight, and some other factors to determine what the right free length is, and compressed length.

235mm does sound way too short, though. Most srpings I tried were in the 275-300mm length range...
I realise it depends on the spring rate :wink:

275mm sounds a lot more realistic. I've just put a 20mm spacer in to see how it sits now. I hope it stays off the bump stops mid corner :shock:
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