Hey Everyone! Vote for the Site Favourite HOTM winner for the year of 2022 HERE!

Hellcat lowering springs VS Scat Pack Lowering springs on Wide Body

3473 Views 11 Replies 8 Participants Last post by luvboost, Dec 7, 2021

luvboost

Discussion Starter · Nov 4, 2021

Was shopping for springs for the hell cat and noticed that the Eibach part number between the scat pack and hellcat are the same. I guess Eibach made the same spring rates for both? My only question is the spring rates are increased on the hellcat from the scat pack so I guess Eibach didn't care about compensating?

Are there any springs out there that do compensate for the additional spring rate that the hell cats came with?

I had eibachs on my WB Scat and I felt like the fronts were just a tad soft so I'd hate to see what the hellcat would feel like on the same springs with the increased weight.

Thoughts ?

Save

1 - 4 of 12 Posts

luvboost

Discussion Starter · #4 · Nov 5, 2021

interesting. I guess I read the articles wrong. The way I read the claims was HC had higher spring rate over the scat but the articles just state its a high spring rate over same model / previous years. Makes sense now. Interesting though that the HC would have a softer spring given the increased weight on the front end. I need to reach out to Eibach and ask about the above mentions R&D.

Edit: I love forums. FB is killing them and all I get on FB pages is a bunch of nothing or even worse, trash.

Save

Reactions: 1

luvboost

Discussion Starter · #11 · Dec 7, 2021

Himmelkat said:
Only lower the front end, you get a little over half of the overall cg lowering effect, better downforce, spoiler gets clower to the ground, increasing downforce even more, better engine compartment evacuation and no problems with your rear half-shaft angles making them go South.

F1 cars are angled like that from front to back, and they have all the budget you could want.

I would but it just doesn't look right to me. Even though most opt for function over form I still want it to have an esthetically pleasing look even though it may sacrifice function a little bit. As far as the half shafts I've accepted that as my fait given time. I won't mind replacing a couple as time goes by. It won't be driven but a couple thousand miles a year so I might be able to prolong the life as far as time is concerned, mileage... Not so much lol

Save

luvboost

Discussion Starter · #12 · Dec 7, 2021

baabootoo said:
Another thing is maybe the adjustable suspension has different springs? I had the base suspension, and it sat like a 4x4. Other Scats with the adjustable seemed to sit lower. I never got around to seeing if each suspension had different springs or not.

one thing I've definitely noticed is that the non WB pre 2020 chargers sit perfect no lowering needed, and that's saying something coming from me on the 30+ cars I've owned 28 of them were lowered on coils or some form of aftermarket suspension. The WBs sit too high for me but I want to retain the damper adjust ability electronically, so springs it is

Save

1 - 4 of 12 Posts

This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.

Top Contributors this Month