Announcing Strano Performance Lowering Springs


After the overwhelming success of our own specification anti-sway bars, we have decided it’s time to move forward and look into having other products made to our specifications.

As for early May 2006, we started discussions with a few different spring manufacturers about the feasibility of making springs to my specifications.

I’m happy to say that in roughly 4 weeks we should have 10 sets of springs to be sold at a discounted price for testing/input purposes. After we get these sets installed and running for a period of time to see what if any problems exist, regular production will begin.

I can’t yet let all the details out. However, I do want to give you some reasoning why I feel these springs will be better than most of what’s out there now.

To start with, our springs are going to be made by a known spring manufacturer. When the time comes, I’ll be happy to let any potential customer know who it is and why we chose them.

The springs will be linear in their working range. Front springs are completely linear; rear springs will be “dual-stage”. The rear spring rate we feel best, combined with the length needed so the spring will not come free at full droop dictates the use of what amounts to a built-in tender spring. This first stage or built-in tender is going to be very, very soft so that it gets compressed just by the weight of the car sitting on it and will remain out of the working range completely. Rates will become public when the springs are in production. I’m not into hiding information. However, rates are derived from a combination of current setups, including but not limited to rates I use on my coil-overs as well as the rates of other lowering springs I currently use.

The amount of lowering is going to be approximately 1.25” from stock, which is the maximum I believe is feasible. This height does not create strange steering and rear LCA angles, and does not sit the car down on the bump rubbers/ bump stops even at rest. This height also allows the best possible negative camber gains and lower center of gravity before creating cg and geometry problems.

Again, 10 sets will be sold at a discounted price (roughly $55 off retail) in exchange for your data and testing. I’m looking for a variety of cars, ranging from stock springs to various type of lowering springs for comparison purposes. Testers will be expected to keep proprietary information to themselves during testing. Please call Sam Strano Jr. @ 814-849-3450 for further information.

Are these different from the springs in your other three threads?

Sam,
Do you have a ball park price range in mind at this point?

Mike.

No. Being an announcement, it's helpful when folks are made aware of things. And I pay for the ability to do so.



Around $269 shipped to the lower 48 when production runs. Testers will be around $220 shipped. Springs cost money, and I'll not make thousands, so the cost isn't rock bottom. Plus I'm not using a fly-by-night spring company either, so the prices there aren't rock bottom.

We feel when folks add up the fact. You'll know the rates, linear, the drop, who makes them, how the rates we come up with, it'll be worth the little extra cost. Although FWIW because shipping is all (or for Canada mostly) included the price really isn't much more than a set of Eibach's or Hotchkis.....

Just before this gets off track too far and degenerates into something else completely. I'll try to clarify a bit and then we'll get back to what we were doing.

The sponsors are technically supposed to use the sponsor forum from section 1 here:

http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/index.php?showtopic=1576



However, you guys (sponsors/vendors) know that I go out of my way to be flexible since you are here to help keep the lights on in exchange for a chance to make some money (though 4 posts seems like a "bunch", but I was just overlooking it). But before any arguements break out, I wanted to clarify, since it came up, or was about to (and then let it go). So, you're both right, it's just a matter of a few degrees each way.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled new item thread.

Production sets will be $269 with free shipping to the lower 48. Canada, well... that just varies by freight method which I can't really know without information on where the order is going and until I know the exact weight of the springs.