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Old 08-13-2014, 08:27 PM   #58 (permalink)
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Well I've got a good idea on ballpark spring rates at this point (and a little confirmational math to do before I pull the trigger, which will be after I've dealt with the rear sway). Keeping in mind that I don't want to have to swap springs constantly at this stage for different tires and don't want to be too unstable on wets or r-comps, I'll probably shoot a little lower than the track specs listed in this thread, but still considerably higher than where I'm at now. Something in say the ballpark of 900 and 700 - which would be approx the same ratio of raw spring rates as what I have now, with both ends boosted by about 30%. I know there's more math to be done than that, but it's a starting point guestimate at this stage. I'm gonna go measure the suspension later today or tomorrow so I can make some easy conversion factors for F/R spring rate -> F/R frequency.
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