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Old 11-16-2004, 10:29 AM
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So I recently put a set of the KG/MM supersport springs on my stock shocks. I believe spring rates are 7k front, 8k rear with a 15mm drop. I was at Thunderhill last weekend running with NASA and there were some things I like about the new setup and some I didn't. On the lower speed turns like 2, 4, & 6, the car felt more planted and the turn in was better probably a result of the lower CG, but on the higher speed sections like turns 1, 7, & 8, the car seemed to never settle down, which makes carrying a lot of speed a little unnerving. I do plan on spending the money in the future to get a good coilovers set, but that isn't going to happen for a while, so I doing to have to live with some sort of compromise. Should I leave the KG/MM springs on or should I put the stock ones back on? Any other general thoughts about this setup?
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Go back and check those rates again and also what units it's in. it's either kg/mm, kg/cm or in/lbs. 7000 and 8000 don't compute. 70 or 80 (kg/cm) might as might 7 or 8 (kg/mm). Mine are 110/120 kg/cm which equate to about 690/750#. You might have more spring than your shocks are valved for.
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