ideal spring rates for coil-overs on Yaris - Toyota Yaris Forums

01-23-2009, 01:30 PM

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Loren

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Originally Posted by ddongbap

Never thought about the fulcrum point. Damn you're smart.

Nah, I'm not smart, I've just studied suspension tuning a little bit. Motion ratio is a pretty fundamental concept to calculating proper spring rates. The "wheel rate" is what matters, the effect of the spring "where the rubber meets the road". The rate of the actual spring is irrelevant.

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