V6 springs in bracket car
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V6 springs in bracket car
I've seen where people have used the v6 springs in the front but when I look them up it seems there's a bunch to choose from. I want to know which one's people have used (part number)
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Re: V6 springs in bracket car
I ran V6 springs for a few years when my car was still basically stock. I just went to the junkyard and pulled a set from a car. I use Moroso Trick springs now.
Springs hold the weight of the car up at ride height. The shocks do all the work. Too light a spring and the weight of the car compresses them too much and you don't want them compressed enough to get coil bind when the front end bottoms out. Too stiff a spring and the weight of the car barely compresses them and the shocks do very little work.
Springs hold the weight of the car up at ride height. The shocks do all the work. Too light a spring and the weight of the car compresses them too much and you don't want them compressed enough to get coil bind when the front end bottoms out. Too stiff a spring and the weight of the car barely compresses them and the shocks do very little work.
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Re: V6 springs in bracket car
I've got a spring sagging and wanted to put springs in to get me by til I get money to get the moroso ones or if the ones I get work then I'd just leave it alone
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Re: V6 springs in bracket car
i used v6 springs in a car that had a 388 ci sbc on pump gas ran 7.24 to the 1/8 and at 98 mph. car actually left with fronts slightly in air.
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Re: V6 springs in bracket car
I had a V6 and swapped a 385 in it the other day. Still have the V6 springs. I didnt notice much of a difference but it does seem to sit lower. But on a launch it feels the same. I have lakewood 90/10 struts and 70/30 shocks without a roll bar in the front. It comes up and stays that way when launching. Even before the V8 swap.
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Re: V6 springs in bracket car
I have Global West #4256 Street/Drag front springs.
But nobody seems to anything about them.
But nobody seems to anything about them.