Kyosho Small Bore Springs on AE shocks.

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I'm after some clarification on the actual rate of the Laxer ZX-5 Kyosho front Silver spring KYOW5181-09 #70. I know these are not the same spring/rate as the RB-5 silver front, which I believe to be softer and shorter.

I've started this thread in the Kyosho forum, but thought i'd open it up to the AE forum, as people are using them on their B4.1/C4.1 cars to replace the AE silver fronts.

In most of the spring charts I've seen the the kyo silvers are down as 3.3lb/in, which is much softer than the AE silver. It was my understanding from talking to a few people, and reading that they were a much closer rate to the AE silver. I think the charts have got them mixed up with the RB5 silver spring, and have missed off the real rate of the ZX-5 spring. It's a general given that the silver AE spring is one of the all round best rates to use, certainly as a starting point on the car, but its a short spring, so does not have the best operation and movement on the shock, plus its loaded quite a bit when the colar is wound down to give the required ride height. I'm looking to replace it with a better fitting spring, but have decided against the big bore route, and noticed that a lot of top people are using the small bore kyo springs.

So anyone know the actual correct rate of the spring in question?