[ROVERNET - UK] Raising the Rover
Ron Morey
morey814 at hotmail.com
Fri Aug 13 03:09:16 BST 2004
Tom, there are lots of sites on the web that give the formula for spring
rates. Search "coil spring rate" or "coil spring formula" and you will have
a selection. You will have to remove one to get an accurate value. There is
also a possibility of using spring over shock setups. Monroe has all their
shock data available on the web as well. I used it and the formula when
searching for SD1 replacements. There is no cross reference so it had to be
the hard way. I believe the SD1 rear springs (standard) and the P6 coils are
very close. You will know better upon removal and calculation. I can give
you the SD1 values if you want. You may find-and this is stretching it- that
the front springs of a Ranger pickup 1990 or so are a good match. I didnt
actually find one I just compared data. But you being in junk yard and hot
rod heaven may have a lot of good sources. Have you thought about leaf
springs and shackles?? Sorry, couldn't resist.
Ron.
>From: "Tom Trafton" <v8rover at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>To: "RoverNet Mailing List" <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Raising the Rover
>Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:38:52 -0700
>
>Has anyone tried to raise the rear end of a P6 to compensate for sagging
>springs? I would like to get the ride height up a bit; the manual says
>that shims up to 3/8 inch can be used but I want to go as high as 1 inch
>(2.54 cm for those of you out there in civilized countries using a decent
>system of measurement). Also per Paul Smith's suggestion, I want to
>replace the springs with those from a P6B to get the ride a bit stiffer. I
>am thinking that the higher spring rate of the P6B rear springs will keep
>the car higher but I don't know how much higher since I don't know the
>spring rate for the 2000 TC springs. The manual gives no stiffness
>information, just free length and color code. Anyone know the spring rate
>for these springs? (260 lb/in for the 3500 springs) Anyone tried to shim
>beyond the recommended max value? All help gratefully accepted:-)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Tom
>
>
>
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