| Re: Coilovers |
Subject: Re: Coilovers by CentralCoaster on 2008/5/27 23:15:12 Some Deja vu here. 2 different rate springs stacked on each other does NOT provide a progressive rate, at least on paper. It just gives you a rate somewhere in between. But I recall Gary had more to say about this. You only get a progressive rate when part of the spring collapses on itself. This reduces the amount of effective coils in the spring, which gradually increases the stiffness. This is a progressive coil:  I know it sorta looks like two different springs in one, but it doesn't function that way. The spring is the same diameter and stiffness throughout. The close coils simply collapse. |
