ok lastnite i put 175lb x 16'' springs on the front of my sas tracker, boy are they stiff , i only got 1'' ish of compression . i dont have a winch ,bumper,or grill in it yet, but thats what ,a nother 100lbs? when i get done i may have to go to a shorter spring,its too tall for my,and the laws taste, i did order 150lbs x16'' for the rear, hope they work! springs are $65 a piece.

Posted by: Chief Posted on: Jan 14th, 2005, 2:50am
on Jan 13th, 2005, 5:27pm, mesjr2004 wrote:wish i  


Where did you get em from, got a website?

Also, anyone know the lengths of various lifted coils, uncompressed?  
spidertrax

ok lastnite i put 175lb x 16'' springs on the front of my sas tracker, boy are they stiff , i only got 1'' ish of compression . i dont have a winch ,bumper,or grill in it yet, but thats what ,a nother 100lbs? when i get done i may have to go to a shorter spring,its too tall for my,and the laws taste, i did order 150lbs x16'' for the rear, hope they work! springs are $65 a piece.

Lemme know how the 150's work in the rear! Thanks for the info.

Wild, thanks for raining on my parade......

LOL  

Ya know, thinking about this, Shoyrtt has
175 LB springs all around his Sammy, and
that thing is soft and flexy, why are your
springs so stiff ??  Either you got the wrong
springs, or Shoyrtt has softer than 175  :-/

I wonder if you got progressive rate and
he has what ever you call non progressive
springs   The Dia of a spring makes it
softer also, a small dia spring made of the
same spring wire, will have a higher rate.
Same with the # of coils and the pitch of
the wire in the spring, it all contributes to
the rate of the spring, 16" spring with say
10 wraps will be stiffer than a 16" spring
with 15 wraps, both being made of the same
wire.

Get some specs of these springs, wraps,
length, wire Dia  .....

Wild

I think I'm just gonna inboard my stock coil springs. Mount em right under the frame. Make a spring pad that goes on the frame, then a pad on the axle.

Who knows?