302Rover
Member
Hello all,
can someone tell me what the spring rate is for the 2000TC rear springs? The reason I am asking is that I fitted a set of 3500S springs some years ago to my 2000TC at the same time I installed the Ford V8. But the car has been plagued with oversteer, a very 'twitchy', light feeling at highway speeds. Not sure how it will behave if I really push it into severe cornering because I'm afraid to do so;-) Searching through the Forum archives I found some very informative posts by Chris York regarding the balance between front and rear roll stiffness and the contribution to oversteer if the rear roll stiffness gets too high. So I'm beginning to conclude, based on the Forum info, that I've altered the front/rear roll stiffness in a bad way.
Now I know the spring rate for the 3500S rear springs, i.e k= 260 lb/in (mine were measured at 254 lb/in) but nowhere can I find the k value for the 2000 rear springs. I am wondering just how much stiffer, if any, the 3500S rear springs are. If they are stiffer, then my next move will be to fit a stiffer anti roll bar up front to see what improvement in handling I get.
All help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Tom
can someone tell me what the spring rate is for the 2000TC rear springs? The reason I am asking is that I fitted a set of 3500S springs some years ago to my 2000TC at the same time I installed the Ford V8. But the car has been plagued with oversteer, a very 'twitchy', light feeling at highway speeds. Not sure how it will behave if I really push it into severe cornering because I'm afraid to do so;-) Searching through the Forum archives I found some very informative posts by Chris York regarding the balance between front and rear roll stiffness and the contribution to oversteer if the rear roll stiffness gets too high. So I'm beginning to conclude, based on the Forum info, that I've altered the front/rear roll stiffness in a bad way.
Now I know the spring rate for the 3500S rear springs, i.e k= 260 lb/in (mine were measured at 254 lb/in) but nowhere can I find the k value for the 2000 rear springs. I am wondering just how much stiffer, if any, the 3500S rear springs are. If they are stiffer, then my next move will be to fit a stiffer anti roll bar up front to see what improvement in handling I get.
All help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Tom