07-10-2017, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by ChopsZ
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.
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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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