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Old 01-16-2002, 11:14 PM   #5
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Originally posted by CivicSiRacer
Never ever cut/heat your springs. Reason why is that your spring is set at a certain rate for the length of the spring. When you cut the spring you effectively change the length of the spring but not the spring rate itself (amount of energy to compress a spring)...
Cutting a spring will increase the spring rate, as long as it's an active coil you cut.
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