Originally Posted by
paul kersey
actually.
spring rate has very little to do with height.
spring length does.
sure, if you put 500lb. springs in a car that should have 1000lb. it will be lower, but the springs will also be preloaded and have higher effective rate.
what you need to do, is figure out the height you need. then rate. and order custom springs.
and its not that i dont understand english, its that youre going about this incorrectly, and going way overboard.
hardbody with 240 suspension?
why, who cares?
Originally Posted by
IThaJokaI
Why, because I can. Why do people do anything to fucking cars? I got my truck and I will do what i want to it.
regardless, paul is right. that is what you need to do. I think it would be neat to have a full blown suspension build on the truck, but for go fast reasons, not super low reasons. But to each his own.
Do what paul said and go from there.
Do you know where the 240 mount location is going to be relative to your truck? That should give you a place to start your measurement from.
Do you have the rear sub frame installed/in your possession?
Do you know how much the rear of your truck weights?
If you've got all of that, then you ought to be able to figure out what you need to order. You might get lucky and find that it is pretty close to what we already use, and not have to custom order anything.
I still think you've got this idea in your head about what you need to know and because of that, you aren't accepting the fact that this isn't really that hard.
If anything, call up tein or whoever you've going to get your springs from and ask them A) what they suggest to do to get the results you want and/or B) what they would need to know to make custom springs for you.