Originally Posted by oledoc2u
Wow, Jonny, what a thread...I have several, and I do mean several engineering buddies, from electrical, mechanical, and even Civil for those washboards you were mentioning...and I would never involve them in this discussion...from what I have learned...there isn't a big swing in what you are all doing by cutting, in other words, like I stated earlier, you are withing the parameters of the original design of the vehicle when you drop the front an inch or so and the rear an inch or so...so really you are all right in your responses...except Ppro hasn't researched what the parameters are...the strength in the springs losing a half coil is not going to be noticed in a 3200 lb car, maybe in my big rig at 28000 lbs, but not in this little car...I will check my alignment on the rack either way, but cutting is for me...
I don't have the means to give you the actual difference in the before or after cutting but I can assure you it will matter. Since you'll be cutting your springs maybe YOU can tell us how much of change there is?
Oh by the way, (whispering) - The earth is flat...
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