80Q various track Q's

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Brady, I don't think its reasonable to assume the Eibachs were compressed
excessively unless the weight of the car was more than the springs were
designed for.  IME, you always need a spring compressor with standard type
lowering springs, there is still quite a bit of compression there.

For the most part, the coil over suspensions handle very well and ride well
too, they do not use variable coils rates and bottoming out of the suspension
is greatly reduced.  IMO, a lot of the lowering springs out there are a big
compromise between performance and good ride, with the coil overs you can
build a suspension that has more travel and can absorb a lot of the bigger
road irregularities while still providing "stiff" control over the ride and
handling of the car.

You're expressed that you think there is something fishy here a few times,
but I think Jim's on the right track, the coil over suspensions just work
better and ride better, I haven't used lowering springs in years, every car
I've built for myself and other projects we just go straight to the C/O's.

HTH,
Javad

In a message dated 5/7/2003 10:35:17 PM Pacific Standard Time,
bradym at sympatico.ca writes:

>
> Hi Jim/Javad/All,
>
> I must have missed some of this thread.
>
> Why were the Eibachs compressed so much? Normally, IME with lowering
> springs, you don't even need a spring compressor to remove them, and if you
> do, it's only for that last little bit.
>
> There's still something fishy here.....
>
> Of course, it's about to become moot!
>
> Cheers,
> Brady Moffatt
> Montreal, Quebec, Canada
> 83 UrQuattro with 51,000 miles
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