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Originally Posted by ZDan
Actually, it's worse than that.
Wheel rate is spring rate multiplied by the SQUARE of the motion ratio, so his wheel rates are:
550 lb/in * .95^2 = 496 lb/in front wheel rate
500 lb/in * .75^2 = 281 lb/in rear wheel rate
I'd swap the springs front to rear to get:
500*.95^2 = 451 lb/in front wheel rate
550*.75^2 = 309 lb/in rear wheel rate
And probably reconnect the rear sway, but then more likely to lift the inside rear...
How on earth did this car end up with 57/43 weight distribution?
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Can anyone help explain to a novice how wheel rate/motion ratios are calculated? .75, .82 rear values, I don't understand?
The car is nose heavy because it's still a DD for the owner but the seats and spares are removed for race and track days. No weight is removed from the front of the car.
First I'll learn about suspension, then become a weight Nazi. Maybe sometime after I'll learn to drive...
Thanks guys