Miata Mailing List: June 1996, Message #27
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   From: Dlralt@aol.com
Subject: Re: Cut my springs?
   Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 01:03:26 -0400

In a message dated 96-06-01 21:29:01 EDT, you write:

>Your idea has you skating towards a potential pothole.  Contrary to what
>might seem to be conventional logic, when you cut coils off your springs,
you
>not only change the spring height but the spring rate as well.  As result,
>you cannot simply cut X inches off the spring and get a resultant X inches
of
>lowering of the car.  You will lower the car but will also have a spring of
a
>different spring rate which will have an effect on the overall car handling
>beyond merely lowering that particular end of the car.  Not that it can't be
>done, it's that there are other factors involved beyond the obvious.

Cutting the springs will increase the spring rate. Spring rate is dependent
on the number of coils.