Aluminum is much easier to machine and work with.
- Bryan
>To: "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>,
<RBHouston@aol.com>
>Subject: RE: Rear Springs
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>I always thought it was a bad idea to mix metals (steel and aluminum) as it
>accelerated corrosion? Is there a reason not to make the wedges of steel?
>
>Tom Zuchowski
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Bryan Vandiver
>> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 12:59 PM
>> To: spridgets@autox.team.net; RBHouston@aol.com
>> Subject: Re: Rear Springs
>>
>>
>> I have a set of VB 10-leaf 1/4 springs on my bugeye, that I
>> bought about 4 or
>> 5-years ago. They are definitely 'over sprung'. If I'm driving
>> the car solo, the
>> ride is definitely quite 'bouncy, and it is quite disconcerting
>> when hitting a
>> bump while cornering, and the whole car 'jumps' 6-12 inches to
>> the out side,
>> because the rear left the ground. It also looks like they lifted
>> the car 1-1.5"
>> in the rear.
>> I am planning to recondition my original rear springs, and try
>> them, to see how
>> much they would improve the ride, since they appear to be much 'softer'.
>>
>> As a side note, I've been trying to come up with a good method to
>> 'lower' the
>> back end of 1/4 elliptical spring cars, without having to do
>> major mods to the
>> springs or body. I've talked with my brother who is a machinist
>> about making
>> some wedge shaped plates out of aluminum, that would neatly fit
>> under the spring
>> and change the angle enough to lower the car 1-2", using all the original
>> mounting HW. Does this sound like it would be of interest to
>> other people out
>> there??? If there is enough interest, I can have him make up a
>> 'lowering kit'
>> which he can offer to list members.
>>
>> - Bryan Vandiver
>> San Jose, CA
>>
>>
>> >Subject: Rear Springs
>> >To: spridgets@autox.team.net
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>> >As the new guy on the list was just asking, I thought I'd take
>> another stab
>> >at my questions about the repro springs offered from the usual suspects.
>> >
>> >Don't they set the car's rear about an inch higher? Or did I
>> dream that.
>> >Does anyone have a set they hate and want to get rid of? Or am
>> I better off
>> >taking the old ones to be rear arched.?
>> >
>> >RH
>>
>>
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