Lowered Mustang by Cutting Spring Coils
08-11-2007, 01:39 AM
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RE: Lowered Mustang by Cutting Spring Coils
Great write up very well done. And y es you were using a griding disc on the ginder, a cut offdisk is alot skinnier and woudl cut that much faster lol, but whatever works.
08-11-2007, 11:28 AM
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RE: Lowered Mustang by Cutting Spring Coils
First of all, it was a good write up... unfortunately it is not recommended.
Can you say bumpsteer? Removing coils on a spring will increase the spring rate. It is a general rule to improve handling of any car to get softer springs. I seriously doubt your car handled better than before but that is your opinion. Just my .02.
Can you say bumpsteer? Removing coils on a spring will increase the spring rate. It is a general rule to improve handling of any car to get softer springs. I seriously doubt your car handled better than before but that is your opinion. Just my .02.
08-11-2007, 12:48 PM
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RE: Lowered Mustang by Cutting Spring Coils
ORIGINAL: importkiller89
it was an insult and i was just imputing my experences because i have driven a lowered civic and i also have driven a stang with cut front springs and i do apreciatethe wirte up and i belive that it is guys like u that create companys like steeda but i was just voiceing on my experances apon the subjectand in my experences a lowered civic has the most horable ride ever i will never dirve a civic that is loweredagain in my life and my buddy jut bought a stang and it had is front springs cut b4 he bought it and when u hit a bumb it bounces for ever and it isnt the shocks because the arenew sothe guy who cut the springs might have let them heat up like u said not to but i belive heat decereaces springstrength but in any case now that i think about it when i decide to lower my stang i might cut the springsgood right up thanks for the info
it was an insult and i was just imputing my experences because i have driven a lowered civic and i also have driven a stang with cut front springs and i do apreciatethe wirte up and i belive that it is guys like u that create companys like steeda but i was just voiceing on my experances apon the subjectand in my experences a lowered civic has the most horable ride ever i will never dirve a civic that is loweredagain in my life and my buddy jut bought a stang and it had is front springs cut b4 he bought it and when u hit a bumb it bounces for ever and it isnt the shocks because the arenew sothe guy who cut the springs might have let them heat up like u said not to but i belive heat decereaces springstrength but in any case now that i think about it when i decide to lower my stang i might cut the springsgood right up thanks for the info
08-11-2007, 01:13 PM
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RE: Lowered Mustang by Cutting Spring Coils
You guys know that there are 2 types of springs right? The stock springs are not progressive, so its not a horrible idea like say cutting crap eibach springs that are progressive rate.
08-11-2007, 03:28 PM
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RE: Lowered Mustang by Cutting Spring Coils
Yes, there are 2 types of springs and stock mustangs are constant rate. There is a formula for getting spring rate
11,250,000(constant for steel) x diameter of wire x 4 divided by 8 x number of coils x diameter of coil x 3 = spring rate
Regardless of what kind of spring it is: if you remove coils spring rate will go up and induce a rough ride and bump steer.
11,250,000(constant for steel) x diameter of wire x 4 divided by 8 x number of coils x diameter of coil x 3 = spring rate
Regardless of what kind of spring it is: if you remove coils spring rate will go up and induce a rough ride and bump steer.
08-11-2007, 05:58 PM
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RE: Lowered Mustang by Cutting Spring Coils
ORIGINAL: importkiller89
it was an insult and i was just imputing my experences because i have driven a lowered civic and i also have driven a stang with cut front springs and i do apreciatethe wirte up and i belive that it is guys like u that create companys like steeda but i was just voiceing on my experances apon the subjectand in my experences a lowered civic has the most horable ride ever i will never dirve a civic that is loweredagain in my life and my buddy jut bought a stang and it had is front springs cut b4 he bought it and when u hit a bumb it bounces for ever and it isnt the shocks because the arenew sothe guy who cut the springs might have let them heat up like u said not to but i belive heat decereaces springstrength but in any case now that i think about it when i decide to lower my stang i might cut the springsgood right up thanks for the info
it was an insult and i was just imputing my experences because i have driven a lowered civic and i also have driven a stang with cut front springs and i do apreciatethe wirte up and i belive that it is guys like u that create companys like steeda but i was just voiceing on my experances apon the subjectand in my experences a lowered civic has the most horable ride ever i will never dirve a civic that is loweredagain in my life and my buddy jut bought a stang and it had is front springs cut b4 he bought it and when u hit a bumb it bounces for ever and it isnt the shocks because the arenew sothe guy who cut the springs might have let them heat up like u said not to but i belive heat decereaces springstrength but in any case now that i think about it when i decide to lower my stang i might cut the springsgood right up thanks for the info
Great job on the write up though califas
08-11-2007, 10:18 PM
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RE: Lowered Mustang by Cutting Spring Coils
Great write up & pics, but I always thought that if you cut the springs, that your car would have all the suspension charicteristics of a shopping cart afterwards