progress pics of front coilover hoops

[Ed A. Stevens]

Math ? spreadsheets ? I just kept changing springs till I came up witj a combination I liked, by the way I have lots of Eibach coils for sale

It reminds me of my drag racing days before I learned you could calculate the jet sizes needed for different air conditions. I had a fishing tackle box full of jets, squirters, pump cams, and power valves for Holley carbs (that looked cool, but gathered lots of dust).

FYI
200/250 w/ no tender

Travel & Force (inches & pounds)
0 0
1 111
2 222
3 333
4 444
5 556
6 667
7 778
8 889
9 1000
10 1111
11 1222
12 1333
13 1583
14 1833
15 2083
16 2333

 

[Fullsizexj]

That covers the rear, front is 150/200 ?

 

[Ed A. Stevens]

That covers the rear, front is 150/200 ?

FYI
150/200 w/ no tender

Travel & Force (inches & pounds)

0 0
1 86
2 171
3 257
4 343
5 429
6 514
7 600
8 686
9 771
10 857
11 943
12 1143
13 1343
14 1543
15 1743
16 1943

This is without a secondary spring slider stop (or with it set @ 50% travel).

 

[Fullsizexj]

Thanks Ed

 

[Flyin'Brian]

Coilovers

Question:
Would it be helpful to stiffen up the rear spring on the torque side of the motor to reduce squatting? I think Currie's Fire ant is set up that way, but not sure. If so, how much??

 

[Fullsizexj]

I beleive but am not positive about it but Currie kits do come with a stiffer front coil for one side for that very reason

 

[flexj]

Re: Coilovers

Question:
Would it be helpful to stiffen up the rear spring on the torque side of the motor to reduce squatting? I think Currie's Fire ant is set up that way, but not sure. If so, how much??

Don't know if it matters or not, but last I heard, they were running a 4.7L, 5spd auto and Atlas. That would be a very torquey set up. A 4.0 with a 4:1 kit wouldn't put out as much torque. I'm not saying that's what everyone is running, but maybe why they did what they did.

 

[XJoachim]

@fullsizexj
The Eibach coils you are using, do you know the part numbers of them? As you know, i live in germany and Eibach is a german company like Bilstein and i can get a pretty good deal on Eibachs and Bilsteins.