I have seen alot of people go with a higher spring rate in the rear compared to the front. I was wondering why alot of people are doing that when all the coilover kits have a higher spring rate in the front. Can anyone tell me why this is.

Thanks for the help.

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerosearch

 

Here you go
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=285747

 

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Wow, thats in the forum faq... imagine that

 

Hey thanks guys i read the faq and i really dont understand it can you say it in lamons term for me.

 

FWD hondas tend to understeer (push) with a stock setup it is safer on the street, and most aftermarket coil-over kits reflect that. When you increase the spring rate on one end of the car you are increasing grip on the other end. So if a car is already understeering fwd car, increasing the spring rates in the rear is going to fix that condition So too get more grip on the front end you increase the spring rate in the rear, this makes the car want to understeer less and the rear to rotate better/faster, which of course makes the car loose and can be a handfull to drive if you aren't carefull or experienced. For a car that is never going to auto-x hpde'd or raced having a car that has more spring rate in the front is safer and what I would recomend for most people on the street.


Modified by Solracer at 1:08 PM 12/16/2004


Modified by Solracer at 1:09 PM 12/16/2004

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Solracer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">FWD hondas tend to understeer (push) with a stock setup it is safer on the street, and most aftermarket coil-over kits reflect that. When you increase the spring rate on one end of the car you are increasing grip on the other end. So if a car is already understeering fwd car, increasing the spring rates in the rear are just going to fix that condition. so to get more grip on the front end you increase the spring rate in the rear, this makes the car want to understeer less and the rear to rotate better/faster, which of course makes the car loose and can be a handfull to drive if you aren't carefull or experienced. For a car that is never going to auto-x hpde'd or raced having a car that has more spring rate in the front is safer and what I would recomend for most people on the street.</TD></TR></TABLE>


Fixed

 

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Doh! I fixed my post with your corrections.. Thanks!