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* is what I use for multiplication, / for divide and 9.81 being Kg to N conversion. It looks like you did Kg divided by N/mm gives an answer in cm, which is easier.
I not 100% sure I'm following all of your calculations, is the Springs rates row calculating an existing spring rate with 254mm long springs? Currently on level ground my 250mm long 45N/mm springs are compressed to a length of 160mm. This suggests there is (250-157) x 45 = 4185N of force through each front corner. Or 4185 x 2 / 10 = 837 Kg on the front. I think this figure is slightly on the high end, but there's a few sources of error in this method, spring sag, over rated springs, a couple of mm of measurement error ect. Under articulation, full compression corner, the spring compresses to 75mm and this is with the coils hard packed against each other. This limits me to 82mm of up travel. Force on the compressed corner should be at least (250-75) x 45 = 7875N or 787.5Kg So I'm estimating the front springs to be supporting a mass of about 790Kg My plan was to use 35cm long 35N/mm springs which on level ground under an estimated 790/2=395Kg will compress to 35cm-395/35=23.7cm And under articulation, under an estimated 790Kg will compress to 35cm-790/35=12.4cm So these springs will allow 23.7-12.4 = 11.3cm of up travel, however I only have about 10cm before I reach bump stops.
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Yes, 254mm are 10" springs.
This calculation was made with 2 springs on top of each other, worked well but had some rubbing on the strut housings, and spring perch were very low on the strut threads. Jeremiahs solution with barrel type springs is better, they have more usable length for a given length. I would suggest you going this route. http://eibach.com/america/en/eibach-...-barrel-spring http://swiftsprings.com/products/uni...prings-25.html Swift springs have a 4" OD on 16" springs, Eibach stay with 3" OD for all the lengths thus I installed Eibach springs. If the springs are too short, you will have coil block on full compression before using the total amount of the shaft...no good ! How far from the top of the strut housings are the lower spring perch actually, front and rear ? Is it the ride height you want or do you want to go higher/lower ?
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Yeah I've got spring block all around and left rear is rubbing on the strut housing with the 250mm springs.
The Boynes springs I'm getting are 75mm ID wound down to 60mm ID on the end for mounting. These were a bit cheaper then barrel springs and should clear everything. So I'll see how these go first. But if I have any issues those eibach ones look perfect! On other news today was the first time taking the hotbits offroad. I'm still missing out on some uptravel due to the spring block, however I did get through sections with out wheel lift that I previously would have lifted wheels. So it's already looking really good! Will post video tomorrow.
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Yesterdays trip to Mundaring Powerlines. Previously I did lift wheels right in the air through this section. The only other vehicle on the day which did this section as easily was an XJ Jeep. Landcruisers and Patrols all had big wheel lift, I think another factor for this was the difference in wheel base.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSQr...ature=youtu.be
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How did you modify the rear top hats ? How much shaft length did you loose in the rear top hats, 25mm ? You still have 275mm stroke, right ?
Short and long springs are the same price but for our application, springs are never long enough. Ask at Boynes the usable length of their springs and compare with the Eibach or Swift because they may fabricate springs with the same specs but with 2 or 3 more coils meaning you will block earlier.
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At the moment I just stacked the hotbits supplied upper spring perch on the unmodified top hat so am losing closer to 50mm.
I will modify the top hats at the same time I fit the next springs so will probably only lose about 25mm at the best. Plus the 60mm bumpstops can compress to 30mm. So should be 245mm of usable stroke. Boynes have 260mm usable travel on the data sheet. They say it will be slightly more than this due to having the ends wound down, but lets just call it 260mm. So 15mm to spare. To get the right ride height I will have 5mm of compression at full extension. So really there's only 10mm to spare... Eibach and Swift both have more usable travel despite being a shorter spring.
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If Boynes can make 400mm springs you should take them. Because if you want to change for more ride height it will give you more space between spring seat and housing top (thread length). Spring block is not very good for the spring seats as all the energy on full compression will hammer them instead of the bumpstops.
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Hey Red ! How is it going with the HotBits ?
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