Progressive VS Linear Rate Springs, ed ju cate me.... Options

[Aaron Cox]

i have opinions of both.....

i run linear 140's..... a friend of mine has progressive 165's.

what are the pros and cons of each.

[bondo]

QUOTE (Mueller @ Feb 8 2005, 11:39 PM)

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Feb 8 2005, 11:16 PM) QUOTE (MattR @ Feb 8 2005, 11:15 PM) you have a sway bar, right?  a big ass tarret one.  That is most definatly not a linear progression. its a torsion bar..... thats all it is.... effective spring rate doesnt change.... and i have no body roll (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) the swaybar does act as a spring and it does affect the ride of the vehicle....unless you drive on perfectly smooth roads so that both sides of the bar travel up and down at the same time....being in the real world, that is not the case (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) the rate of the swaybar does change corner to corner and changes with the differential of wheel movement from side to side....a bar set on firm is going to have a worse ride than a bar set on soft........

The rate also changes based on how far the sway bar "arm" is from horizontal. If you're twisting the bar such that it's 45 degrees from horizontal (I know, it'd never be that much, this is just an extreme example) then it'll be at a different rate than when the arms are horizontal.