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Old 07-10-2017, 11:48 AM   #139 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ChopsZ View Post
This doesn't make sense to me...

Swift = 1.2" F - 1.0" R
Ark GT-S = 1.4" F - 1.2" R

That's less than a 1/4" difference front and rear going from Swift to Ark. That's like the thickness of an iPhone. How can only dropping that much more all of a sudden cause you to scrape everywhere and damage mufflers?

Not arguing, just trying to understand that post.
Although the static ride height difference may be negligible, the spring rate at those heights may have a difference in excess of 50-250ib/in.

A softer spring will allow more ride undulation. Given the fact they are both dual rate progressive springs, the length and transitional rates could be massively different.

*** After further research, the swift spring actually is the stiffer overall spring. The coil diameter is larger and has a higher rate for the tighter wind coils "dead coils". The transitional rate between soft and stiffer would probably be smaller overall. So even though the ARK srpings sits a marginal amount higher, the spring travel is greater. Which ark springs is said person talking about though? Gt-s or Gt-f?

Last edited by MaysEffect; 07-10-2017 at 02:03 PM.
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