[Biturbos4] Quick question about springs and shocks

[Wilson Northrup]

OK so everyone please disreguard this post. it is plain wrong. cutting the 
spring to a lesser number of coils makes it stiffer, but it is not a good 
thing to do.


>  cutting a spring of rate X does not suddenly make that spring 
> stiffer.  I did not mean to imply this either :)
>
> Thanks for the clarification.
>
> wilson
> '00 S4 BiTurbo
> '94 RX7 TwinTurbo
>
>
> On Sat, 27 May 2006, j.koenig wrote:
>
>> Lowering springs will probably have increased spring rates over stock, but 
>> that's not because they're shorter.  It's because the wire size, material 
>> properties, number of coils, etc., have been designed that way.
>> 
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Wilson Northrup" <northrup at crazybug.com>
>> 
>> 
>> Lowered springs for the S4 will have increased rates over the stock S4 
>> springs as there is less travel.  This is common for any car.
>> 
>> The only exception that I could think of for this is if someone cut the 
>> stock spring.  DO NOT CUT YOUR SPRINGS.
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