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Originally Posted by cdrazic93
Question about spring rates:
If the car is front biased in terms of weight, wouldn't you want a higher spring rate in the front to omit the extra weight of the engine? And likewise in the rear wouldn't you want a softer rate than the front to help with acceleration g forces?
Along those lines of logic I don't understand why so many companies offer like 4.5k up front and 5-6k in the rear..
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7thgear is right, I think. I don't really understand what he said.
Anyway, I'll just add that motion ratios play a pretty big roll in this. The front of our cars, for all intents and purposes, uses a 1:1 ratio. (Yes, ZDan, I know it's not quite 1:1 but it's close enough for this discussion. Put the dogs back in their cage, please.
) But the back of this car is much less than that so a stiffer spring is required to accomplish the same roll resistance.