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Subject:Syncro spring lengths
From:David Marshall
Date:Sat, 19 Sep 1998 22:41:07 -0700

I was roaming through the local junk yard today looking for some longer
spring that will fit the front of my Syncro.  On my syncro starting at the
end of the spring on the bottom I count 8 twists in the spring.  I want to
raise the front of my truck another 1 to 2".  I found some Nissan
Pathfinder rear springs that are the same diamater as my Syncro and it has
9 twists in the spring... so the question is, how do I find out what the
spring rate is of these springs.  I remember reading that the Syncro
springs are 75lb/inch... am I correct on that figure?

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