bob dunn Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 What is the free length of spit and GT6 springs . My spit ones are 20" appx but I see info that says much shorter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob dunn Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 http://auskellian.com/paul/links_files/springs.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob dunn Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 I was wrong ,did a bit of measuring, the GT6 spring I got is 9" long and the T2000 rear spring is 12 1/2" long and is .580 dia wire. So wot is the standard wire dia of a Spit spring . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob dunn Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Sorry , link no longer available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob dunn Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 On the thread above , T2000 rear springs are mentioned , wot rate is std T2000 springs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob dunn Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 Measured a std spring it is .430"(7/16"ish) shock is out of the car and stripped ,new spring in soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob dunn Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 T2000 spring fitted with new shock. this gives good clearance 2" plus. I will leave this for now and fit a new rear spring , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Would have thought that a 2000 spring would be way to heavy.Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob dunn Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 My car has a T2000 engine and overdrive box mounted with the front face the same as a 4 cyl . So the right spring is a suck it and see operation. The T2000 spring is stiffer than the std spit spring but both are 40 years old. How would you shorten a spring ,my guess is heat the cut end and reshape. Part of the problem is I don't know what I need so how can I buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drofgum Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Bob,You do have a difficult situation there. If you heat a spring enough to reshape it it won't be tempered correctly to act as a spring when it cools unless you are very lucky. If you cut a spring to shorten it the rate gets higher. That is, the spring will be stiffer once cut. You can at least find the actual installed rate of springs you have at hand by adding weight to the car and measuring the amount that it lowers once it has stabilized. For example you could place 50Kg sacks of sand above each front wheel roll the car a few meters and measure the ride height at the front. Best of luck, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob dunn Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 Thanks for that Paul , I know a very good blacksmith who I think can cut and reshape the spring and heat and quench the end again . What clearance is standard on the front suspension(top of wheel to arch). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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