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> Progressive VS Linear Rate Springs, ed ju cate me....
Aaron Cox
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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.
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Aaron Cox   Progressive VS Linear Rate Springs   Feb 8 2005, 11:58 PM
MattR   im not your friend   Feb 9 2005, 12:01 AM
rick 918-S     Feb 9 2005, 12:04 AM
MattR   http://www.914world.com/bbs...   Feb 9 2005, 12:04 AM
nebreitling   do you like your spring rates -- and therefore han...   Feb 9 2005, 12:07 AM
Aaron Cox   but the exponential curve of the spring rate isnt ...   Feb 9 2005, 12:07 AM
MattR   Well dont your forces increase as the tire patch i...   Feb 9 2005, 12:08 AM
Aaron Cox   body roll with progressive springs in exponential....   Feb 9 2005, 12:13 AM
MattR   you have a sway bar, right? a big ass tarret one....   Feb 9 2005, 12:15 AM
nebreitling   i don't know how much all this exponential vs....   Feb 9 2005, 12:16 AM
Aaron Cox     Feb 9 2005, 12:16 AM
Brett W   Progressive rate springs are springs that get stif...   Feb 9 2005, 12:16 AM
JOHNMAN   My opinion about the progressive coil springs is t...   Feb 9 2005, 12:19 AM
lapuwali   Pretty much, that's it. You can run a softer ...   Feb 9 2005, 12:20 AM
MattR   Squishy for production cars? Cars create oscillat...   Feb 9 2005, 12:21 AM
lapuwali   <...   Feb 9 2005, 12:27 AM
Aaron Cox   for street: gimme progressives..... nice ride for...   Feb 9 2005, 12:28 AM
Aaron Cox   ...   Feb 9 2005, 12:39 AM
bondo     Feb 9 2005, 12:48 AM
trekkor     Feb 9 2005, 12:49 AM
nebreitling     Feb 9 2005, 12:53 AM
trekkor   O.K., This is really wierd ht...   Feb 9 2005, 01:02 AM
SirAndy   ...   Feb 9 2005, 01:22 AM
redshift   I must have installed my progressive springs upsid...   Feb 9 2005, 01:49 AM
Marv's3.6six   One of the more recent trends in damper technology...   Feb 9 2005, 04:26 AM
ArtechnikA     Feb 9 2005, 05:58 AM
trekkor  
  Feb 9 2005, 09:22 AM
trekkor   REALLY flat... http://www.914world...   Feb 9 2005, 09:26 AM
TimT  
  Feb 9 2005, 09:46 AM
Mueller   Hey Tim, are cars with tender springs considered ...   Feb 9 2005, 10:08 AM
Aaron Cox   since i have dialed in more swaybar trekkor   Feb 9 2005, 12:07 PM
TimT  
  Feb 9 2005, 01:35 PM
groot   I believe many racers use linear rates springs bec...   Feb 9 2005, 02:11 PM

 

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