Heating springs

[quickdodge®]

heating springs is a bad idea. it causes the metal to become weak and brittle. And eventually it will break. If anything, cut a round off the spring. still not a good idea but atleast it wont break

You're wrong.

Lights Out, give me a few minutes. I'm going to PM you a write up of how to do it. I'll put in a drawing as well. Later, QD.

[Catnip]

You're wrong.

Lights Out, give me a few minutes. I'm going to PM you a write up of how to do it. I'll put in a drawing as well. Later, QD.

They're ok if you put them in sand to cool slowly.

[94@ccordLX]

You're wrong.

Lights Out, give me a few minutes. I'm going to PM you a write up of how to do it. I'll put in a drawing as well. Later, QD.

how am i wrong? I have been around several cars that the people heated the springs and over time they broke where they were heated. I mean there is a way to do it right if you have all the stuff to re harden and get the spring rates right. Im not a dumbass on this kinda stuff. But most people wont know how to heat springs properly. So its easier and a lil safer just to cut a round or so off. Neither of those ways is a good idea though.

[quickdodge®]

how am i wrong? I have been around several cars that the people heated the springs and over time they broke where they were heated. I mean there is a way to do it right if you have all the stuff to re harden and get the spring rates right. Im not a dumbass on this kinda stuff. But most people wont know how to heat springs properly. So its easier and a lil safer just to cut a round or so off. Neither of those ways is a good idea though.

Just because you're not too keen on a subject doesn't make you a dumbass. Just means you don't know all there is to know. I won't get into the argument again (as I have so many times in the past) so I'll just cut to the chase. I don't know about specifics of what happens when you heat springs. I'm ONLY posting from personal experience. I lowered my first car via heating the springs exactly 23 years ago. Every car in my signature below? Lowered via heating springs. Every last one of them. Every one of those cars were DDs with me putting thousands of miles of straight out driving on them. I have LITERALLY NEVER replaced or had a problem with anything tracing back to suspension. NEVER. There is a specific way you do it so that you don't break shit. I have found that way and it's been good to me. I will swear by it. I have 2 SCCA regional champions in Auto-X in a car on heated springs.

That's all I'll say. The naysayers will say what they want to and it's cool, but none of what they say will influence or override (in my eyes) my 20+ years of hands-on experience. Later, QD.