Spring swap tech writeup?

[the beast]

I see a lot of numbers get thrown around 52's, 57's, 63's, etc.... But what the hell does it all mean!!

Has anyone ever done a write up on effects of swaping different length springs? I did a pretty lengthy search, looked on the home page in Tech as well, but couldn't find a consise, article about it.....

I need to figure out how to stick to all my Heep driving buddies that say a full size can't flex...

 

[the beast]

nothing I guess, huh?

 

[sweetk30]

52,56,57,63 is all the spring eye to eye mesurment. 57 is ford and all the rest are chevy. the longer the more flex and much smother ride. do a serch there is lots of info on the swaps. thay are on hear every once in a while.

 

[big pappa b]

and the longer and flexier they are the more they are prone to axle wrap. Then you will want to think about and anti-wrap bar

 

[CyberSniper]

My 64s don't wrap like my 52s on my other truck do. I think it's due to the really thick main leaf. On my truck with the 52s I get wicked wrap and obnoxious wheelhop... with the project rig the wrap is less and I don't get wheelhop.

 

[jekbrown]

my definitive 52" spring swap write up is coming... soon. if the rain will stop for a few mins over the next few days, that would help a lot. just about done...

j

 

[MTBLAZER89]

zcarczar was one of the pioneers of the 52" swap. (stock rear K5 springs moved to the front) He has a writeup on his site post #25 in this thread.

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92892

 

[DavidB]

Just researching and adding useful info to the 52"/56" swap stuff.

http://www.generalspringkc.com/leaf_springs/gmtruck/1973-87_1500.html