Spring rates

[bluesatin]

Can anybody let me know thespring rates for the uprated springs. I think Crazy and Luckp have or had them. Thinking I may go slightly harder front and rear.

[Crazy of Cookham]

Hi Blue I will have a look this evening. Having said that I believe the factory changed the length shortly after mine so as to solve the problem with keepers. The ones LuckyP had I am sure were the new length. Have to say they work well as ride is not too badly compromised and keep the rear end much flatter on track.

[LuckyP]

Can't remember.

Is there not a thread with it on?

Factory will know. And I think they are very keenly priced (honestly!)

[Steve_D]

Have a word with Stuart as I believe he is in the process of re-evaluating those springs after a suspension specialist followed his car on track and advised the the rears were pattering which could be the springs.

Steve

[GTRCLIVE]

Hope you haven't got Penlty of Fixadent there Blue....

[bluesatin]

Clive- unlike most the ultima has done 7 yearsand 10,000's miles of use. I find it a too soft and certainly softer than a 968cs cs or a 911 GT2!

[Gulf -LS2]

Hi

if you mean the Top Gear Intrax upgrade springs

100Nm fronts as opposed to 80Nm for standard Intrax
140Nm rears as opposed to 110Nm for the standard Intrax

i hope that helps

[Gulf -LS2]

sorry standard length on the 2 sets ive seen, yep they would benefit from spring assistors imo

[k wright]

Photos of the springs assistors?

Not sure how a stiffer spring will work with the standard Intrax dampers. All of the stiffer spring/shock sets that I've had use a much higher rebound setting than compression.

[JoulesCanAm]

The keeper is a very soft spring winding whose function is simply so the coil doesn't unseat when there is zero load on the shock abosrber. The keeper remains fully compressed whilst there is weight on the car, these are supplied by the factory with the uprated spring set.

Obviously not a photo of Ultima coil springs, but the coil on the right is the keeper in that set up, similar to the Ultima one.

Edited by JoulesCanAm on Wednesday 29th July 17:25

Edited by JoulesCanAm on Wednesday 29th July 17:25

[ezakimak]

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...

ahh cable ties, is there nothing that they can not fix

[dinkel]

Crazy of Cookham said:

Hi Blue I will have a look this evening. Having said that I believe the factory changed the length shortly after mine so as to solve the problem with keepers. The ones LuckyP had I am sure were the new length. Have to say they work well as ride is not too badly compromised and keep the rear end much flatter on track.

From recent experience I can tell Brians car is comfortable even!