drop springs bad for launching??

[aalugo2000]

hey guys,
ive really ben wanting to get some h&r sport springs to get rid of some of my fenderwell gap [img]graemlins/naughty.gif[/img] . but i was talkin with a friend who said it would kinda negate the rear suspension parts i bought (trailing arms & panhard). his theory makes sense : since the car is lowered the rear will have less shock travel on launch, which is important, and will be MORE likely to spin. but heres my possible counterpoint: is it the springs or the shocks that controll the travel more in that situation, for example: stiffer whocks would be more detrimental to launching than stiffer/lower springs.

give your opinions please.

[38fury]

The shocks slow the rate at which the springs compress/expand. Stiffer springs would prob hurt you more than stiff shocks. For optimal drag racing you'd want to keep your v6 springs, a lot of v8 guys use our springs. But it depends on what your ultimate plan is either drag racing or autocross. Or streetabitlity.

[aalugo2000]

what is my plan... good question :rolleyes: it started out as appearance (+1 for springs) then went hard toward drag racing (-2 for springs), now this summer i want to get into autocross (+1 for springs), buat the car is also a daily driver and is driven winters.