New meebr v. Spring rate - Honda Prelude Forum

biozepox · 09-27-2006, 03:57 PM

I love this forum, just joined.

I have a 94 Prelude Si h23 automatic. It keeps me sane.

I was wanting to do some suspension upgrades. I was wanting to do Ground Control coilovers, and i see that you can select the spring rate.

I want to know the stock spring rate for my car so that I can go by that as a control/basis. I have done some extension searching google wise and on this forum, and people say that the spring rate is in the helms manual. I do not have a helms manual. I have the service manual and it doesn't say in that.

So if anyone has a helms manual and could look up the spring rate for my car that i have listed above, it would be outstanding.

Thanks

Lude on my friends.

spin_r_g · 09-27-2006, 04:12 PM

Don't know what the stock spring rate for the car is but when you buy off the shelf ground controls they come with 385 front / 250 rear for the prelude application. How much stiffer are you looking to go and what kind of shocks will you be matching with it?

biozepox · 09-27-2006, 04:17 PM

I went to the ground control website, then to my suspension http://www.ground-control-store.com/...p/II=525/CA=60

and it says "Desired Spring Rate (If unsure of rate give brief description of expected usage):"

Im thinking you can input your desired sring rate.

I am wanting to know the stock spring rate so that I can compare other after market springs OR a Ground Control system to the stock one. I do not want to much of a stiffer spring, probably like Street-strip usability. SO im thinking maybe if I do about 20-30% stiffer would be optimal for my wants.

spin_r_g · 09-27-2006, 04:59 PM

http://preludeonline.com/showthread.php?t=171717

biozepox · 09-27-2006, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by spin_r_g

http://preludeonline.com/showthread.php?t=171717

That was the srping rate for the 5th gen.

spin_r_g · 09-27-2006, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by biozepox

That was the srping rate for the 5th gen.

It should be close or the same since the 5th gen shares the same shocks and springs.

biozepox · 09-27-2006, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by spin_r_g

It should be close or the same since the 5th gen shares the same shocks and springs.

Sorry I thougth they shared the same control arms, tie rods, etc i though the spring may differ because of weight difference between the 4th and 5th gen

petern101 · 09-27-2006, 10:50 PM

so what shocks are you gonna get? just to let you know i'm running 450/450 on gc/koni's

i hope you aren't just gonna run the gc sleeves on oem shocks.

biozepox · 09-28-2006, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by petern101

so what shocks are you gonna get? just to let you know i'm running 450/450 on gc/koni's

i hope you aren't just gonna run the gc sleeves on oem shocks.

lol no probably KYB AGX, and 450/450? how does it feel on the street?

petern101 · 09-28-2006, 09:41 AM

^i dunno.........normal.

on near full soft, almost feels like when i had h&r sports on oem shocks. pretty comfortable

on near full stiff, its pretty stiff (of course) but i'm like used to it now. i would stick to mostly new roads though

ExodusFX · 09-29-2006, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by petern101

so what shocks are you gonna get? just to let you know i'm running 450/450 on gc/koni's

I'm on 550/600 gc/custom koni's.

Red 4th gens w/ stiff springs ftw.

petern101 · 09-30-2006, 08:14 AM

yeah i would need a revalve if i were to run those rates. yes.....ftw indeed