Well I ordered the 6kg/mm - 336lb/in ones today. Hopefully they will be soft enough, we'll see in a month or so

By Kyle Thomson (24.83.29.123) on Monday, March 28, 2005 - 06:43 pm:

"bumpy" as in harsh/firm? or bumpy as in bouncy/soft?
And what brand of springs?

By Colza (Colza) (219.88.31.223) on Monday, March 28, 2005 - 05:34 pm:

I have 6 kg/mm springs on the front of my 2nd gen hatch. This is with an alloy block engine and on standard shocks. It is a little bumpy up front, but i dont mind at all.

By Kyle Thomson (24.83.29.123) on Monday, March 28, 2005 - 03:24 pm:

The engine swap info is below, I don't know how heavy my car is exactly, but I figure if Don and Ted are both using 350lb springs on their 1200's (aluminum block, smaller car) then my car with its heavier engine, and the fact that its a wagon should be able to compress them a little more
I am using some of those cheap generic kits right now and its to soft.
I'd like to get a variable rate as well, but I can't find any brands that sell them: in pairs, in the size I want for the adjustable perches, in the length I want so my lower perch isn't getting too close to my tire

By Darrell--Arizona-- (68.109.151.121) on Monday, March 28, 2005 - 02:43 pm:

That seems pretty stiff. How heavy are you expecting your car to be? Did you do an engine swap? (maybe I should know that already)

Someone said the generic crx kits on ebay are stiff for a 1gen and they only cost about $60.

Personally I'd like to get variable springs for a better ride, but I'm not ready to pay the high eibach price tag.

By Kyle Thomson (24.83.29.123) on Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 10:57 pm:

Well I think I'm going to try the 6kg/mm - 336lb/in ones. I did a bunch or searching and found a few of you guys run 350's on the track and I figure with the extra weight I have over your cars it may soften it up enough for the street. I'll order them at see what happens

By Kyle Thomson (24.83.29.123) on Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 01:22 pm:

Well here is the situation, I made up some coilovers for my wagon a while back and am very un-impressed with the bounciness of the front end. I know its the shocks job to control the oscilations, but I really think its the el cheapo springs that are allowing to much compression going over bumps. They seem more than willing to bottom out going over anything bigger than a pebble. My set-up is as follows:

81 VW rabbit strut inserts (KYB)
shortened 73-74 civic casings
Made In Taiwan adjustable coilover kit for 88-91 civic
Addco front sway bar
(all in a 79 wagon with an EL iron block, 4x100 swap, and Konig Heliums with ES100's)

Now I've been looking around trying to find some springs that match the size I need and come in a number of different spring rates. I found out that Tanabe (www.tanabe-usa.com) has springs in the sizes in need (65mm dia X 170mm length). Now what I'm trying to decide is which spring rate would be right for my vehicle. They have some in 3/4/5/6/8/10 kg/mm which is about 168/224/280/336/448/560 lb/in.

Anyone with some GOOD knowledge want to tell me which one would work best for me?

ps. if you wanna see how its set-up now, look at www.civic77.com/77civic1200