RE: Relocating L/Control Arm Pivot Points

[E Smith]

Dan, I’m tipping your front corner weights to be 585 - 590 lb’s each side and your rears to be about 420 lb per corner. I would use some progressive double taper springs of 90 – 170 lb/in variable rate for the rears and 125 – 240 lb/in variable rate for the fronts. This would give you a soft ride for normal driving and a hard rate as you load up the suspension during exuberant driving. The 5 degree rear angle means you could up the rear rate by 10 lbs. Cheers Feral Errol   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Sent: Saturday, 2 March 2002 5:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Relocating L/Control Arm Pivot Points   Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm talking in terms of the true spring rate ,and I'm swaying towards lighter to try and preserve some comfort for driving on the average roads around here. The rear suspension will be a coilover type shock ,mounted at around a 5 deg. angle so maybe a higher rate might be more on the ball. I know the BRE cars in the US in the 70's ran 150# on all corners but were also substantially lighter than a road-going vehicle. Any ballpark suggestions ? Cheers! Dan     Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------