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What spring rates did you order?
Karl
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Originally posted by 98SVTC:
What spring rates did you order?
Karl
mine are 11f/9r
and not to speak for others but I know the other 2 cougars are 9f/7r
I'm not sure what any of the contour guys went with.
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Originally posted by BigBalledOX:
On the way home, I approached a 180 degree right-hand interstate on ramp. Laughing as the sign admonished me to approach at no more than 25 MPH, I put the car in second and went WOT. I shifted to third at the apex of the turn and kept the pedal down and was amazed at the amount of oversteer the car now had as I was easily able to turn the car to the inside of the on-ramp while still accelerating, merging easily on to the interstate at the top of the ramp just getting in to fourth gear.
Say what? You shifted midcorner and the rear stepped out? I'm not surprised. That's really not smart.
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Originally posted by bensenvill:
Originally posted by 98SVTC:
What spring rates did you order?
Karl
mine are 11f/9r
and not to speak for others but I know the other 2 cougars are 9f/7r
I'm not sure what any of the contour guys went with.
r the springs progressive? they look like they might be, at least the rears look it in the pics.
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no they are most certainly linear.
[just got my car back, mmmmm is it sweet]
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oh ok. they look to have larger diameter coils at the top and taper down so i thought it was a prog spring design. didnt think linear springs came in this design. thought they were all same diameter evenly spaced coils from top to bottom. good to know
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Originally posted by hmouta:
oh ok. they look to have larger diameter coils at the top and taper down so i thought it was a prog spring design. didnt think linear springs came in this design. thought they were all same diameter evenly spaced coils from top to bottom. good to know
you have a point there, and to be honest, I didnt do a heck of a lot of research before signing up for these, but I was under the impression that they were linear when we were working out specifications with the manufacturer.
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How do they ride? Linear springs ride very different than progressive. Linear is also more predictable.
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
How do they ride? Linear springs ride very different than progressive. Linear is also more predictable.
well I've put very few miles on the car since they've been put on [and sadly I have more or less baby'd it around]. some roads, I feel like a god damn bobblehead, others are silky smooth. I'm still getting a feel for how the car reacts to different type of bumps or ruts. The ride harshness is much much more bearable than I was expecting [I was pretty much planning that it wouldnt be streetable].
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Originally posted by bensenvill:
mine are 11f/9r
and not to speak for others but I know the other 2 cougars are 9f/7r
I'm not sure what any of the contour guys went with.
I went with 9f/7r as I don't race or autox but just wanted a firm suspension that would handle some spirited back roads driving without beating the passengers up too much.
Karl
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*** Previously 88SVT ***
06 F150 Supercrew 5.4L FX4
98 SVT Contour #4362 Born 1/6/1998
86 Ranger GT (For Sale)
69 Fiat 850 Sport Spider (For Sale)
67 Formula-S Barracuda
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