Cutting springs is more commonly done than you'd think. Lots of race teams used to do it and probably still do. If anyone used to watch over hauling they cut eibach's in 3+ occasions always remembered that.
A common mod among the Fbody crowd is to use a moog springs from the GTA's/IROCS which are stiffer than others in general with larger coils (IIRC .750) to achieve a decent setup in all areas. But when people put them on as a replacement they rode higher than oem the reason for this was due to 649lb rates on the 5662s up front and the fact they wasnt 20+yrs old. Commonly they take a 1/2 coil or a coil out, many rate this setup as a better spring combo than most aftermarket pieces.
When cutting you want as little heat as possible so having a stream of lets say antifreze will due the trick to help keep it cool, because heat weakens metal.
This is just some of the things i've stumbled upon over the years. Now would i do this to a 20+yr old spring? absolutely not, but an aftermarket set i might.
A common mod among the Fbody crowd is to use a moog springs from the GTA's/IROCS which are stiffer than others in general with larger coils (IIRC .750) to achieve a decent setup in all areas. But when people put them on as a replacement they rode higher than oem the reason for this was due to 649lb rates on the 5662s up front and the fact they wasnt 20+yrs old. Commonly they take a 1/2 coil or a coil out, many rate this setup as a better spring combo than most aftermarket pieces.
When cutting you want as little heat as possible so having a stream of lets say antifreze will due the trick to help keep it cool, because heat weakens metal.
This is just some of the things i've stumbled upon over the years. Now would i do this to a 20+yr old spring? absolutely not, but an aftermarket set i might.
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