Hotchkiss Leafs Installed

Have you read my thread? I don't make comments lightly, and don't speak until I have logical, personal experience.I feel the overhang of the 111" wheelbase cars along with the normally heavier overall weight of these cars makes that spring unusable. I have built 108" cars that are 600lbs lighter than my Dart, that this spring would work excellent for.

I measured the arc of these springs against the factory 340 arc measurements and they aren't far off. Since they sag so much, I am led to believe they are way less in rate than the 130lb they advertise. Factory 340 leafs are 110 lbs. In fact, I just replaced the Hotchkiss springs with 102 lbs springs that have a stiffer feel without the height issue I had with the Hotchkiss pieces.

For the record, I did call Hotchkiss and ask for designed install heights, and they had none.