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Re: Springs

To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>, Land Speed List
Subject: Re: Springs
From: Sparky <wmtsmith@landracing.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 20:48:17 -0500
Dick,,  Pearch---if you torque the spring you will have a nightmare trying to 
get the correct spring action to give you a repeatable compression and rebound  
wmts
> 
> From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> Date: 2003/10/17 Fri PM 05:27:29 CDT
> To: Land Speed List <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: QUESTION about LSR Studebaker with Buggy Spring Beam Front Axle
> 
> I've polled the list, and based on a lot of first-hand experience, I've 
>gathered together all of the pieces to convert the East Texas Studebaker's 
>front suspension over to early Ford beam front axle, hung on a transverse 
>buggy spring.  (Will be using late GM disc brakes.)
>  
> In order to get the ten to twelve degrees of negative caster that I want, 
>should I mount the center spring perch raked at a 12 degree angle, or should I 
>mount the spring perch square to the frame and gain the caster by "torquing 
>the spring" when I push the rear of the split wishbone down to the mounting 
>position which would yield the twelve degrees of caster?
>  
> Dick J in East Texas
> 
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  "Sparky"
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