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I've got a really daft question about HD +2" ProComps!!
clbarclay:
--- Quote from: "Tony F" ---Front springs are shorter than rear ones.
I just popped outside with my tape measure and my 2"+ scorpion springs measure 14" top to bottom on the rear and 11.5" on the front (this is on the vehicle so is compressed)
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The trouble is the springs avalible for landrovers can vary quite a lot in terms of spring rate and free length, the 2 main measurements for springs. As i understand it scorpion springs come in a wide range of free legths and rates so may not be compareanble to the particulare procomp springs that rob has.
Unfortunately your a long way away and I won't be at college for a while (like 14 months) so this isn't the most practical of solutions, but there is a press at college that can be used to measure the characteristics of springs. If you can get the spring data from the manufacture you could then test all your springs on a similar machine to identify them by spring rate and free length.
I take it none of your springs are progressive (have varying coil spacing) to help identify them by?
Tony F:
Quite true Chris, Unlike some after market springs that are only handed on the front, Scorpion Racing supply handed rear ones too. On standard springs my Disco sagged to the offside by 2" at the rear, on the new ones it sits perfectly level (they are also uprated by 20%).
Aparently many suppliers give you the same springs as a Range Rover Classics which are not handed at the rear. It was only after I realised the problems I was having, that I noticed a great many Discos lean to the right when viewed from behind.
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