corneileous
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Last year I had bought a set of complete shocks and springs for my Revo 3.3 from Hot Racing. What I’m trying to figure out is how the spring rates of those springs compare to the Traxxas GTR springs.
Well, the springs I’m currently using on my Revo with the Traxxas GTR shocks is the tan springs on the back which is 23.4 lb/in (4.1 N/mm) and the little bit lighter gold springs in the front which are 21.7 lb/in (3.8 N/mm) and according to Hot Racing’s description of the shocks on their site, these shocks come with two sets of springs; some chrome ones and some
blue ones. When I was using these shocks, I had the chrome ones on the back and the blue ones on the front because according to HR, the chrome stiff springs are a 6.8lb rate and the blue medium springs are a 4.2lb rate. That’s all they say except for saying that the chrome springs are a 7-coil with 2mm wire and the blue springs are an 8-coil with 2mm wire. I’m assuming the wire used for the Traxxas springs is 2mm or damn close to it because they look the same and if I’m counting the coils right, my Traxxas springs are both an 8-coil but since Traxxas uses “lb/in” and HR just says “lbs”, how do I compare the two for how much weight it takes to compress each spring?
Well, the springs I’m currently using on my Revo with the Traxxas GTR shocks is the tan springs on the back which is 23.4 lb/in (4.1 N/mm) and the little bit lighter gold springs in the front which are 21.7 lb/in (3.8 N/mm) and according to Hot Racing’s description of the shocks on their site, these shocks come with two sets of springs; some chrome ones and some
blue ones. When I was using these shocks, I had the chrome ones on the back and the blue ones on the front because according to HR, the chrome stiff springs are a 6.8lb rate and the blue medium springs are a 4.2lb rate. That’s all they say except for saying that the chrome springs are a 7-coil with 2mm wire and the blue springs are an 8-coil with 2mm wire. I’m assuming the wire used for the Traxxas springs is 2mm or damn close to it because they look the same and if I’m counting the coils right, my Traxxas springs are both an 8-coil but since Traxxas uses “lb/in” and HR just says “lbs”, how do I compare the two for how much weight it takes to compress each spring?