The use of wave springs in Custom/Track day cars

[AbusingTheMoog]

I was reading an article in http://www.designworldonline.com/ at work today about wave springs. It seems to me that they could very quickly be used in a racing application or for any car where a low ride height, lower weight and similar stiffness would be necessary. http://www.smalley.com/index.asp is the company the article was about, and they have a custom spring ordering option. My question is: Has anyone ever used these springs in a racing/custom/track-day car? And if so what kind of performance was achieved?

-Matt

[SystemParanoia]

cool


major mods needed to make it useful in off-roading though

[Paul Drawmer]

Looks as if they'd be a bit like using a Belleville washer stack. Can't see any advantage over a coil in car suspension though.

[SystemParanoia]

useful for the people that like to absolutely slam their cars to the deck.

this way they will still have suspension rather than just sitting on the bump stops