Cone Springs???
Discussion
Your advice please!
I've got some red spot cone spring for the front of the mini i'm building but i'm confused about the rear, I was dibating putting standard cone springs on the rear, as the red spots only seem to come in one spring rate, surely this can not be right, because the front end has got to have a lot more weight than the rear, thus needing different sping rate, please enlighten me.
Regards
Orange
I've got some red spot cone spring for the front of the mini i'm building but i'm confused about the rear, I was dibating putting standard cone springs on the rear, as the red spots only seem to come in one spring rate, surely this can not be right, because the front end has got to have a lot more weight than the rear, thus needing different sping rate, please enlighten me.
Regards
Orange
Standard cones are also all the same.
The difference in effective 'spring rate' comes from the differing mechanical leverage of the front and rear suspension arms.
approx 3:1 on the front, 5:1 on the rear.
I'd be nervous of fitting harder front springs only, you're likely to create a lot of understeer unless you do a lot of other work too.
The difference in effective 'spring rate' comes from the differing mechanical leverage of the front and rear suspension arms.
approx 3:1 on the front, 5:1 on the rear.
I'd be nervous of fitting harder front springs only, you're likely to create a lot of understeer unless you do a lot of other work too.
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