b & g / ipd/ other springs?

[scruztaylor]

Whats the stiffest spring and or better? Im looking to get whatever works best.

I have Intrax progressive wound springs on mine. I cut a coil off the front to get it lower, there nice, they drop the car down and handle realy nice. EST has springs also bu I've never tried those.

www.eurosporttuning.com

[mikep]

As stiff as you want to go.
http://www.secureperformanceorder.co...&CategoryID=17
(You might want to do some searching, too)

[scruztaylor]

i have no idea which of those springs to look at. any other opinions on real stiff springs?

[don hodgdon]

Originally Posted by scruztaylor

i have no idea which of those springs to look at. any other opinions on real stiff springs?

What do you want to do with the car? Is it a daily driver or a weekend toy/track car?

I'm very happy with the B&G/Koni Sport setup on my 242ti but if it was my daily driver I'd rattle all my fillings loose and probably need new kidneys within 6 months It's not a lot of fun on the pothole ridden streets around here but a blast on the nearby mountain passes.

Don

[scruztaylor]

it is my daily driver, but i basically race this thing every day through the mountains to work. and yes the roads are smooth....most of the time.

[mikep]

We still need a type of car, year, current sway bars, etc.

[scruztaylor]

sorry guys im blowing it.. its an 89 240 dl, with the ipd 25c sways from ipd.im pretty set on getting the bilstein hds also.

[mikep]

The first thread when I put the current springs on the wagon:
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showth...ht=350+pigtail
It now has Konis on front. 23mm front bar, 22mm rear bar.

For more than a 1" drop, use 5"x11" rears, and 5"x9" front if you can find them, or under-rate the 11" fronts by 10-20% and cut them. I used Corolla uppers for the 5" and Spectrum uppers for the 5.5".

You might want less spring rate, like 275# front/200# rear.


Coilovers for the front would give more height options.

[qwkswede]

Spectrum? Like Chevy Spectrum? What is the goal of the different upper spring perch? Is it just a smaller diameter to hold the smaller spring?

[mikep]

Originally Posted by qwkswede

Is it just a smaller diameter to hold the smaller spring?

Yes. It also has a dish to give a little more height. The Corolla mount had a reverse dish, so it dropped the nose more for a given spring height and rate.

[1 riktig svensk]

I had a set of progressive sparco springs on my 745, and they were really NICE!!! Now I just got a set of Lesjöfors springs for my 242.....I got them from Skandix, www.skandix-usa.com $195+15s/h.