02-26-2006, 09:43 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Irvine, CA
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Originally Posted by genericwood
Jon, for around town grocery getting it probably doesn't matter. But if those shocks have gotten a lot of use, they might not be doing their job well after 11 years. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to tell, since most of us don't have a shock dyno sitting in the garage! Regarding the springs, 1600 pounds would be VERY stiff, even for a race car. Most of the serious vintage cars are running around 1200 pounds in the front. Across the pond, most run more like 600-1000.
Erik
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So, and that's why it's dangerous to not use some kind of compressor, there is a lot more force in that spring than you might think. Each (front) spring has enough force to lift the whole front end, but at the end of the suspension arm is just enough to handle that corner.
As for the shocks.. I have noticed that the rears seem to be suddenly much softer at the very end of their range. Full soft is reccomended for rears. I turned them a little off full soft and they got a lot stiffer, then seemed to more proportionatly stiffen with more adjustment. I guess that might be a wear/age factor, and I turn them a bit past that point. Of course, pushing and pulling by hand is nowhere near a full examination of the normal forces!
One day I'll get some new ones, then I'll know if they really were bad... but they seem to damp well in bouncing car corners with my knee, as well as in driving....
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