1960 Weight

Tjnebraska

Tjnebraska

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Does anyone have front/rear weight of a 1960 Buick two door hard top?
Trying to determine spring rate for coilovers.
I thought I heard factory spring rate of 150 lbs but not sure that's accurate.
Tj
 
About 4350 Electra/4550 / 225 52.5 in front Front Springs Movotech -SMS586 Centric 63062210 LESJÖFORS 4112105 , the wheel rate is close to 110 but that is the spring rate / motion ratio the springrate is near 400
 
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Here is some info from Moog . Let me bee candid, after market springs are not the same as buying NOS, but with a 60 year old car you could be looking at trial and error, and these springs end in TG type, so you can make minor adjustments by cutting (cut off wheel never torch) because you are making the spring wire itself shorter it actually stiffens the spring, cutting off one coil would stiffen a 400 lb spring to 430. If you pull the old spring and measure the diameter and the length of wire that is free and not binding I can figure out the rate.. Any race shop should weigh your car pretty cheap and then you would know exactly what it weighs.

Springs, Weights, possible alternative springs.
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