If the wire thickness and diameter is the same on
both springs then more coils = softer springs.
Stock (early) springs are 6.5 coils and use 1/2 inch
wire thickness. The pair on ebay are almost 8 coils.
Thomas
Adam Bradley wrote:
> I have seen a bunch of pictures recently of comp front springs that have a
> large number of coils, such as the auction at
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34200&item=2403085015.
> The springs I bought a couple of years ago from my Nissan dealer
> (supposedly NISMO comp springs) didn't have this many coils and were
> noticeably shorter than my stock springs that I took out of the car. Then
> today I saw the pic at http://www.datsun.org/fairlady/June2001.htm that
> shows fewer coils more widely spaced, like my springs.
>
> So which is right???
>
> Adam Bradley
> '70 Datsun 1600 Roadster SPL311-28181
> '67 Datsun RL411 SSS sedan RL411-11321
> '66 Datsun PL411 sedan PL411-022447
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