Coilovers for front Q

[Chevy1925]

Trent.... 900lb spring rate?? Are they measured different then most? 900lb would drop 1" for every 900lb of weight?!?! So you might get two inches of drop with a 900lb spring in a lite truck. How much compression/drop are you seeing in the spring?

No, remember you have a spring on either side of the truck, doubling the capacity to compress 1" to 1800lbs. that then means our suspension will compress 2" of its wheel travel at 1800lbs on the front. it now takes double that weight to make the spring compress 2". which would then put the factory suspension at 4" of compressed suspension travel at ride height. other factors are involved as well dealing with our suspension so its not that simple but for explination sake, you can see why it can be made to work

 

[Stingpuller]

Springs

Your shock is also at a compond angle so your rate is not 1 to 1. I run a 900 at 6000lbs. and it was a little lite. It dropped about 4" but for racing it was perfect.

 

[Chevy1925]

Your shock is also at a compond angle so your rate is not 1 to 1. I run a 900 at 6000lbs. and it was a little lite. It dropped about 4" but for racing it was perfect.

Correct.

 

[snowman]

Subscribe. This is interesting!!

 

[RPM Motorsports]

Guess I'll see how mine work lol. I went 600 front, 150 rear per Alstons. Truck should be right at 4500lbs. 2wd vs 4x4 though.

 

[snowman]

anyone have the coilovers mounted and street driven them yet??

 

[whitelmmmax]

This may be a dumb question, but what about using an aftermarket 1/2 ton coilover like say the pro comp ones but change the springs out to heavier duty springs. This route would be quite more expensive I'm sure.

 

[snowman]

mine really curious about this for street use. But i'm guessing that everyone will probably use it for track use.

 

[GeneralTJI]

From my other post: (http://www.duramaxdiesels.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39553&page=2&highlight=coilovers)

After driving it for a while... here are my thoughts

- I swear it "settled" after a while, I have had to crank up the pre-load on the springs a little bit more... I don't think I have much more adjustment available before running risk of the spring binding up. Front is still a little lower than I would like (I like it low, but it has noticeable camber). One could make those adapters longer to help with this issue....

- It rides really nice.. for being as low as it is, it rides quite a bit better than it did on t-bars and blue/yellow bilsteins. (And it's a little lower, wich would have only made the ride worse on t-bars)

- It launches well enough from what I can tell, made two launch's up through the gears today, both times it hooked nicely... didn't really push the boost further than I did on t-bars, kinda wanted to ease into everything. But it came out hard and smooth... for what it's worth.

Video of launch: [YOUTUBE]91gx37IvRpw[/YOUTUBE]

 

[snowman]

sweet deal. good to hear. maybe a future poject. well see!! Thanks for the info. sweet vid.:thumb:

 

[dieseltwodoor]

:roflmao:

 

[slowski03]

How are these coil over conversations holding up?