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Old 04-22-2008, 04:24 PM
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Sounds great. Two friends of mine are not only the best friends a guy could have but, fantastic mechanics. They went to a suspension seminar and even the instructor said that most everyone, uses way to stiff of springs on their car. Racing is different of course. With our very light Cobra's, (2,400 lbs.) the springs on the Aldan's were tested at 230 lbs. My buddy's said to use maybe 140 lbs. That may seem very low but I'll tell you, these guy's know what the @ell their doing. Again, with Speedway Motors, I can play around with rates a little.

With the Aldan's at 230 lbs, the car was very stiff.
How is you ride with the stiffer 550 lb. spring ?

As a note, we changed all the heim's in the rear and moved the 4-bars so their parallel to each other. We believe they were binding up the suspension. That should give me more travel and free up the suspension. What will that do to my spring selection, we'll find out.

Thank you for your help.
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