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Old 11-04-2013, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Slapmaster6000
Got a list of springs: old crc, new crc and asc. That's all I can get my hands on for now. I will get it posted up. Dare I say.... they're not as consistent as we're led to believe.

Brian
That's not surprising. If I recall correctly, the torsional rigidity of a solid rod is proportional to the fourth power of its diameter. So a 3% variation in the wire size would give a 12.5% change in the spring rate. And there are plenty of other dimensions that will vary, also.
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