Spring rate for rear coilovers

[Obiwan]

Thanks Clive for your explanations on the EE torque bar limitations. I'll sell it & look for a 5-bar Kafer Cup brace set.

Regarding your "general" comment on the offset eye mounts, I understand your point of view but I'm also confident in Bilstein engineers that designed the escort cup set with the an offset eye mounts for the rear coiloovers. Until now I've not seen such complaints or issue on this bilstein set on sevrals Porsche 944 dedicated forums.

[evilC]

Originally Posted by Obiwan

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Regarding your "general" comment on the offset eye mounts, I understand your point of view but I'm also confident in Bilstein engineers that designed the escort cup set with the an offset eye mounts for the rear coiloovers. Until now I've not seen such complaints or issue on this bilstein set on sevrals Porsche 944 dedicated forums.

I don't doubt Bilstein's expertise on this one its just that it kinda goes against the grain. The dampers that Bilstein supply are presumably set for 2.5" coils? with the threaded section that goes low down on the damper body so the potential for the coil to foul the arm is pretty high. If you use Rich's 1.9" coils and carefully select the spring length then there is a better chance of acheiving the clearence.

It occurs to me that offsetting the eyelet to get better clearance is just the same as putting a spacer on the bolt and using the standard eyelet. Assuming that the bolt is long enough, the load position and hence the BM will be the same for both the offset eyelet and the standard eyelet with spacer, although the angle at which the damper operates will be less vertical than normal but should be still within the ability of the bushes/bearings.

Clive