can't seem to find the conversion from 10k/8k to pounds.........anyone remember the conversion values?

thanks

 

10k is 650lb and 8k i'd guess to be around 450-550
got that from brian at skunk2 but guess on 8k, i have 6k rears and they are 350

 

kg/mm * 56 = lb/in.

10 kg/mm = 560 lb/in
8 kg/mm = 450 lb/in

 

Seriously? Did you look particularly hard? The metric system isn't magic.

1 lb = 0.45359 kg

1" = 25.4mm

So 1kg/mm = 56lb/in approximately

 

To Americans it's witchcraft.

 

lawlz it's funny seeing people that mostly have experience only with cheap Chinese-made coilovers and only seem to know kg/mm spring rates. I have always used lb/in for spring rates and that's what I know. I always have to convert kg/mm to lb/in to get an idea of how stiff the spring is.

 

But somewhere, someone, did cast a strange magic spell giving double duty to kg(force) and kg(mass), and ignore the true metric unit of force - the Newton...


Anyway, yea...metric system is way easier to use.

 

google is you freind

 

True story . But car guys look at you funny if you talk about springs in N/m and kg/mm gives numbers that are convenient to work with I guess.

 

spell check is not your friend.

 

Aren't we here to educate one-another

Convenience isn't the issue. 50kg/cm gives 447lb/in(~450), 60kg/cm 336lb/in (~325); so rounded lb figures can be just as easy to work with, so no argument there.

But, since 1kg/m = 9.8N/m, springrates in kg and N would differ in practice only by a factor 10 - which would give rise to confusion.

 

So long as we are talking about spring rates measured on the planet earth, I think we'll be ok. :D

 

True...but since I have to use Newtons instead of kgf on a daily basis, I like to pass the annoyance on.

Only if we're talking in relation to g.