spring rate help!

[andrew N.]

i looked in the tech section for info on spring rates for various lowering/performance springs and i dont know what im reading......all i know is that i want some REALLY FIRM springs b/c i have ground effects and want to go down an inch to reduce the wheel well gap. if anyone knows which company offers the firmest, please let me know.

[andrew N.]

looking in the tech database agian, who makes the G2 springs, where are they available?

[DominusEtDeusNatus]

Sam Strano
Strano Performance Parts
800-729-1831 ordering
814-849-3450 tech-line
www.stranoparts.com

Call Sam, he'll help you find the right set of springs for your needs. You'll probably need something more custom instead off the shelf.

G2 is made by LG Motorsports. I don't trust them. They lie about those springs. They claim miracles out of them, then don't answer any questions regarding them. I asked them specific questions about the springs and control arms, never answered any of them. I'm not even going to go into it deeper.

To whomever put those spring numbers up in the datebase, how did you get them?

[FirebirdGT]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Dom:
To whomever put those spring numbers up in the datebase, how did you get them?<hr></blockquote>


I did - a lot of research.

[DominusEtDeusNatus]

Well I'm asking cause they aren't available anywhere officialy. So the only way would have to be to actually measure them.

[FirebirdGT]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Dom:
Well I'm asking cause they aren't available anywhere officialy. So the only way would have to be to actually measure them.<hr></blockquote>


The aftermarket ones or GM? I have all the GM info, and the aftermarket I got from the manufacturers themselves.

[DominusEtDeusNatus]

I'm just talking about the G2 Springs. Sorry didn't clarify. They've just been very secretive about those numbers so I was wondering why would they just give them out. They didn't even put them on their product page. They got everything else but the numbers.

From their website.
"These springs were track tested and the rates were selected by Lou Gigliotti
Specifically tuned with the racer in mind
No more nose dive toward the pavement under hard braking
Compatible with factory & aftermarket shocks
Dramatically improves cornering capability but are still mild enough for street use.
Power-coated brilliant red
Lowers the car 1-1/2" in the front and 1-5/8" in the rear to the perfect center of gravity.
Red powder coat finish. "

As you see, absolute bs of a description. Compatible with factory and aftermarket shocks? Decarbons have dramatically different vavling then Bilsteins. So that's a lie. Stiff as a rock yet great for street use. Yeaaaa. They found the perfect center of gravity. Tuned with a racer in mind, but made for the street. Uh huh. And no numbers, just that Lou liked them on the track. Not street. Track. But yet they are made for street. That covers all the bases for that product. They should add, works on Earth, but yet made for the Moon.


I found so many posts where they contradict themselves it's not even funny. Their products are so overpriced and so "secret" that I don't know why would anyone buy them.

With those rates posted, they are definitely not made for the street. My 360 lb/inch springs are pretty stiff. 540 is way up there. Mostly hardcore road racers run them.

[FirebirdGT]

I think all the ads only pitch the lowering, and don't say the spring rate. I used various sources, including e-mails to the manufacturers if I couldn't find it anywhere on the web. I just took a look at my suppliers list and no one seems to be selling the G2 stuff any more. I researched that info a year ago.