"Porsche 911 springs are probably heated treated, high alloy steel."

Um, uh.....

Exactly which 911 springs are we talking about here? The vast majority of
911s built have torsion bars.

>From: John Reddick <SVYOLO@YAHOO.COM>
>Reply-To: John Reddick <SVYOLO@YAHOO.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Lowering vanagon springs
>Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:48:53 -0400
>
>Cutting the springs sounds like a good idea.  I used to work for a
>steel company that sold steel for many purposes, including auto springs.
>I had to learn about them.  I even had to analyze losses in the process
>which rolled the mild steel rods and the spring companies that made
>springs out of the mild steel rods.  Porsche 911 springs are probably
>heated treated, high alloy steel.  My bet is that vanagon springs are mild
>steel.
>      The Arc of the Covenant, they are not.  If I screw it up, H&R sells
>lowered replacements for 200 bucks for set of 4.
>
>      John
>      87 Westy SVX