Spring rates for stock mspeed protege

[Micaspeed!]

Would like to find out what the stock spring rates are before attempting any mods. Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!

Godspeed!
Dave

www.delsingmotorsport.com

 

[RX-KEVIN]

I don't know what the spring rates are but i can tell you that it has a different alignment set up than normal proteges I will post them

 

[MSP Pro]

Micaspeed: Fronts: 2.59kg/mm Rears: 2.10kg/mm

From the preliminary spec sheet on the mazdaspeed page of the mazdausa web site.

 

[Micaspeed!]

Many thanks guys! This is what I needed!

Godspeed!
Dave

 

[scapamouche]

If you convert those numbers to english units you get 149 lb and 119 lbs. I think that's too low...

I agree that that's what the website says, but I just don't see the springs being THAT light.... I wonder what's up here....

 

[njaremka]

Tein S-Tech springs chimein at 179lb-front and 145lb-rear

 

[buster]

My 01 R/T has the same rate as the MSP stock but I am sure the shocks are tuned to perfrom a little better. I have a friend with Eibach's that are progressive and for small bumps they are nice but they are pretty stiff and can be kinda hard to eal with on a day to day basis.

 

[scapamouche]

Just think about it, though, that means that the car should settle a full 6" at every corner under the car's weight, and have a huge amount of rolling over under cornering, even with the big sway bars. I wonder if that spec is just the INITIAL rate and the springs are progressive, so the actual spring rate once the car is on the ground is actually higher.

By comparison, the Tein HA coilovers I had on my Celica had a rate of 394lbs front and 504 lbs rear....

 

[MSP Pro]

Didn't I read somewhere that Racing Beat had taken a different path to tuning the MSP? That they had gone with soft springs and big bars to give a softer ride but dial out the body roll? But I can't remember where I read that....