Springs - Can anyone help?!?!?!?!?!

[Ron Earp]

I'm going crazy.

I need some 3" ID, 7" length, 650lb springs for the front of my car.

I order them from company XXXXX, where XXXXX is Pegasus, TrueChoice, etc. They say fine, we'll have them in a week. They call back and say they cannot get them. This has played out about 5 times now and I'm going crazy.

Can anyone help me with a source for these springs, or something close?

Thanks!!!!!

Ron

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[its66]

I've never used them for a race application, but you might try Coil Spring Specialties at 785-437-2025 or http://www.coilsprings.com

Jim

[ddewhurst]

Ron, if the springs you require are for the Jensen-Healey maybe you need to talk with someone from a British car shop. Or try different manufactures of springs then ask the manufacture who sells them. Or go here & try. www.coloradoscca.org/prodcar/

Have Fun
David

[JohnRW]

Check with the roundy-round shops - AFCO, Coleman Machine, Lefthander. They have all sorts of spring length/ID/rate stuff in their catalog.

Edit - oops...forgot that Landrum Spring does coils, too - they did some really weird 'rate & width' leaf springs for me in the past - http://www.landrumspring.com/pages/coil.html

Is the 3" ID a hard number ? Can't get by with a more standard 2 5/8" ? What about OD - can you go to the bigger OD springs (5" or bigger pig-tail or ground ends) to get the ID you need ?

Length/rate should be easy, once you find the right ID/OD. If the sizes offered are too long, just buy a longer & lower rate spring, do the math and cut the damn things off.

[This message has been edited by JohnRW (edited December 08, 2004).]

[Ron Earp]

Thanks for the help fellows, that first one, www.coilsprings.com, was really good. Told them the specs and had a good quote in 30 minutes - 1/2 the cost of anything else I'd even heard. R