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Got the new shocks on the daily, its insanely smooth over bumps.
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1327645030 550/350 springs. |
Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 827011)
Got the new shocks on the daily, its insanely smooth over bumps.
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1327645030 550/350 springs. |
can you only adjust the ride height in .5" steps?
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Originally Posted by shuiend
(Post 827088)
How do you complain about a van being to expensive and then go and drop 2k on suspension for your daily?
Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 827098)
can you only adjust the ride height in .5" steps?
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curious cat is all.
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I should probably note that the rear shocks appear to be too short and I can't get the car higher than 4" so I have to come up with something, the spring is seated on the upper and lower perches at full droop.
BTW, full droop wheel position in the fender well is "lower" than factory Miata ride height, lol. |
just needs longer springs.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 827119)
just needs longer springs.
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because the springs will be snugged up but longer.
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Originally Posted by y8s
(Post 827124)
because the springs will be snugged up but longer.
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Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 827125)
Won't that increase spring rate?
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and furthermore, damn you for making me reply to this thread. I've been doing my best to not post in it for no good reason.
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Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
(Post 826705)
So at work we have the "UPS Computer" which is really just an aging Dell desktop that UPS supplied when we set up our shipper account. [...] Today I decided to take on the project of preparing a few basic upgrades and then wiping the hard drive and reinstalling Windows XP.
I did find my old Matrox Millenium II PCI video card, however. Who knows why I kept that and tossed the AGP card. So, now the computer has... Celeron 2.4 GHz 768 MB DDR SDRAM @ 333 MHz Onboard Intel vidchip ...and it's not terrible with a clean install of XP. Yay. |
Originally Posted by y8s
(Post 827127)
and furthermore, damn you for making me reply to this thread. I've been doing my best to not post in it for no good reason.
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Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 827167)
What does "linear" mean?
y=m*x+b ? it's a first order polynomial. x is raised to the 1 power. the graph of the equation is a straight line. linear. That means that for whatever input you stick in for x, you'll get a value of y that is "m times" more than x. or in the case of springs, for every inch you compress, you get "k times" (since the spring equation is F=k*x) that amount of force in pounds (assuming your rate "k" is in lbs/inch). and for most springs with equal spacing between coils (which your ASTs appear to have) they are constant rate. or "linear springs". That means that no matter what length they are at, the spring rate never changes. so if they are unloaded and sitting on a desk, they are still the same rate as they are just before they are coil binding. at coil bind, the spring rate is effectively the spring rate of solid steel. or rounding up: infinite. References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_of_a_polynomial |
Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 827167)
What does "linear" mean?
One example would be that applying 500 lbs of force to a spring causes it to compress by 1", applying 1,000 lbs causes it to compress by 2", applying 1,500 lbs for force causes it to compress by 3", etc. For every additional 500 lbs you add, the spring will compress by another inch. In other words, the spring's effective rate does not change simply because it already partially compressed. It responds the same way (by compressing 1" per 500 lbs) regardless of how much input (weight) has already been applied to it, in much the same way that your mom's response to "input" does not vary throughout the course of the evening regardless of how much "input" she has already had. edit: y8s beat me to it. And I got a chuckle out of "rounding up to infinity." |
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i think that chart is incorrect.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 827282)
i think that chart is incorrect.
the chart is incorrect. the ordinate label should be "Force". |
or if the "linear" was horizontal to the travel axis.
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