Re: yellow Koni's w/ stock springs for a 4kq?

["Stephen Bigelow" <sbigelow@sprint.ca>]

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From: JShadzi@aol.com <JShadzi@aol.com>


>In a message dated 10/15/99 6:50:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>sbigelow@sprint.ca writes:
>
><< Much more force? The suspension is moving less, typicaly, with stiffer
> springs...and the car's weight is the same.
>
> Where is the higher force coming from?
>
>
>    Higher spring stiffness.  If one spring is rated at 300 lb, it will
>require roughly twice the dampening "force" of a 150 lb spring  for the
strut
>to control it.


But then the suspension is only moving half as far, giving similar driving
conditions and vehicle weight.