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Old 01-04-2004, 10:39 PM
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Default Converting spring rates from kg/mm to lb/in

Sorry guys if this is a newbie question but I did a search and did not come up w/ anything. I know what spring rates I want for my car in lb/in but I am looking at some coilovers w/ 10kg/mm and i have no idea what that means.
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1 inch ~ 25mm so 1mm ~ 0.039 inches
1 lb ~ 0.45 Kg so 1 Kg ~ 2.2 lbs
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ahhh thanks.. that means the 10kg/mm spring im looking at has a 564lb/in rating... exactly what i needed to know
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DIRep972 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ahhh thanks.. that means the 10kg/mm spring im looking at has a 564lb/in rating... exactly what i needed to know</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Multiply by 55.8...... i.e. 10kg/mm spring is 558 lbs/in.
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