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Home of the Red Headed Stepchildren of the 2nd gen Camaros!
I created this sheet in order to get an idea of what were the stock spring rates for a given model and year.
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Manual Trans. | Auto Trans. | ||||||
Year | Cyl. | Eng. | * | No A/C | With A/C | No A/C | With A/C |
1981 | 6 | All | Berlinetta | 343 lbs | 329 lbs | 343 lbs | 329 lbs |
6 | All | Berlinetta | 406 lbs* | 406 lbs* | |||
6 | All | Sport Cpe | 343 lbs | 298 lbs | 343 lbs | 298 lbs | |
6 | All | Sport Cpe | 406 lbs* | 406 lbs* | |||
8 | All | Berlinetta | 355 lbs | 329 lbs | 355 lbs | 329 lbs | |
8 | All | Berlinetta | 399.2 lbs* | 432.6 lbs* | 399.2 lbs* | 432.6 lbs* | |
8 | All | Z-28 | 343 lbs | 343 lbs | |||
8 | All | Z-28 | 406 lbs* | 406 lbs* | |||
8 | All | Sport Cpe | 329 lbs | 340 lbs | 329 lbs | 340 lbs | |
8 | All | Sport Cpe | 414 lbs* | 399.2 lbs* | 414 lbs* | 399.2 lbs* | |
1980 | 6 | All | All (Ex. Z-28) | 343 lbs | 298 lbs | 343 lbs | 298 lbs |
6 | All | All (Ex. Z-28) | 406 lbs* | 406 lbs* | |||
8 | All | Z-28 | 343 lbs | 343 lbs | |||
8 | All | All (Ex. Z-28) | 329 lbs | 340 lbs | 329 lbs | 340 lbs | |
1978-79 | 6 | All | LT Sport Cpe | 329 lbs | 329 lbs | 329 lbs | 329 lbs |
6 | All | LT Sport Cpe | 406 lbs* | 414 lbs* | 406 lbs* | 414 lbs* | |
6 | All | Sport Cpe (Ex. LT) | 343 lbs | 329 lbs | 343 lbs | 329 lbs | |
6 | All | Sport Cpe (Ex. LT) | 406 lbs* | 414 lbs* | 406 lbs* | 414 lbs* | |
8 | All | All | 355 lbs | 329 lbs | 355 lbs | 329 lbs | |
8 | All | All | 414 lbs* | 432.6 lbs* | 414 lbs* | 432.6 lbs* | |
1975-77 | 6 | All | All | 298 lbs | 294 lbs | 298 lbs | 294 lbs |
8 | All | All (Ex. Z-28) | 355 lbs | 329 lbs | 355 lbs | 329 lbs | |
1974 | 6 | All | All | 303 lbs | 298 lbs | 303 lbs | 298 lbs |
8 | All | All | 298 lbs | 329 lbs | 298 lbs | 329 lbs | |
1971-73 | 8 | 307 | All | 303 lbs | 303 lbs | ||
8 | 350 | All | 303 lbs | 298 lbs | 303 lbs | 298 lbs | |
1970 | All | All | All, Ex. 400 CI* | 303 lbs | 298 lbs | 303 lbs | 298 lbs |
*=Heavy * | |||||||
- When stock w/o "* |