spring rates for Wesfield BEC

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Hi, Does anyone have a starting point for the suspension spring rates for a blade engined westy. Its a live axle car and at the moment it is so hard that it wants to fly off the road on any bump.I want a compromise so that it is not too soft for track days.

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thanks sam, I have it fully soft on the dampers at the moment, but they are only one way damping so in effect the rebound is not damped. which makes things worse. the car weighs in around 500kgs and about 55% rear to45% front weighting. I ran it at silverstone with 22psi in the tyres (toyo r888 semi softs) It still felt too hard.I tried to measure the rear springs i reckon they are about 175lbs/in. I will try the wscc forum again I am a member so maybe I missed something Cheers

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I reckon you're on the same wavelength as me. I like some compliance so I can feel the car shifting its weight in the corners. A guy I spoke to on my last trackday said he used 120lb springs on a caterham for the road so I will try something nearer that rate. I'm going to invest in some new dampers as well probably pro techs as I hear good things about them. Thanks again for your advice.