Originally Posted by B serious

Cmon....obviously he didn't think of it. 99.9% of this forum isn't Bill Nye the science guy. They just do stuff. To be fair, you don't really need to think about any of that crap. If the car rides well...who cares what the numbers actually are.

I'm an engineering student and I wouldn't even care about numbers that much. I'm also a person with common sense. If you're cutting springs...all you're thinking about is getting off the hook cheap.

What do you mean what is the spring constant nessecary to keep the car from bottoming while acclerating or decelerating? You think that this dude's car was on bumpstops when he floored his single cam? He said he kept about 1 finger gap. I'm sure it was fine. If he would have cut down his bumpstops, it would have just rode like a car with too low and too soft lowering springs. It would have bounced a little....big deal.

Also..the spring CONSTANT stays the same as it is the spring CONSTANT. That's just a measure of how many newtons it takes to compress a spring a certain amount...or how much energy is inside the spring. I doubt that the spring's rate changed by cutting it. If it was a 240lb/in spring before...it's still a 240lb spring now...it's just shorter. I guess since it was a progressive spring, the progressiveness would depend on which coils he cut out....

Too complicated. He's not building a F1 car.

Originally Posted by limit

ok so i wanna cut my springs on my eg but can anyone help as in where to cut the springs at do i measure with the a measuring tape or how do i cut it.i want to be able to fit 2 fingers between the fender and tire......thank you

Originally Posted by limit

i just purchased some tein springs.....thanks for the info everyone