Front springs lower than SSL?

[Immortality]

The way I see it is that if you hit a bump (in identical cars at the same speed but one with lowered suspension) than the same amount of energy is absorbed and released by the spring/damper hence the reason for the higher (or harder) spring rate and matched firmer damper on the lowered car as it has to absorb that energy using less suspension travel.

 

[yxyx64]

The way I see it is that if you hit a bump (in identical cars at the same speed but one with lowered suspension) than the same amount of energy is absorbed and released by the spring/damper hence the reason for the higher (or harder) spring rate and matched firmer damper on the lowered car as it has to absorb that energy using less suspension travel.

I bet I could have said this same thing using twice as many words but still typed faster......go to bed.

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

But because the spring has a higher rate, it would absorb that energy more efficiently (thus only compressing 2" using your example), so when it rebounds, it also has less energy to release. No, scrap that, as the energy is kinetic, not thermal so it can't be "absorbed", rather stored and released.

I get what you are saying.

 

[frogsta]

Conservation of energy, overall more 'Impulse' in the lowered car (Basically more bang, because same amount of force over less time or distance)