[s-cars] H&R Mystery Springs?

[Linus Toy]

At 09:23 AM 8/28/2002 , Joseph Pizzimenti wrote:
>Hey all-
>I've been trying to figure out what exactly I have
>under my car right now.  I ordered the H&R 29921
>springs and bilstein shocks under the impression that
>they were the S6+ setup.  Are they?  Does anyone have
>spring rates for these springs?  Are they the same as
>the old V8 springs?  They are green, by the way.  This
>past weekend's s-fest just confused the hell out of me
>as far as knowing what setup I have.

29921 is the H&R spring for the original V8.  Later, H&R also spec'd it as
the fitment for the urS4/S6.  I am running this same spring in my '91
200q--my set is painted green as well.

The springs are progressive, so rates depend on installed height (or
preloading). As installed height will vary from car to car depending on
minor variations in car weight, what you really get needs some
testing.  .  According to notes I have from years ago, at the designed
install-height, the rates should be about 300#/in front, 330#/in rear; the
fronts could go as high as 500#/in. That, though, was for a V8, where the
spring was designed to lower the car 1.3" front and rear--in my lighter
200q, the car dropped only 5/8"

HTH
--Linus


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