Datsunparts.com Partnumber 2103 Datsun Roadster <b>Replica of Original Datsun Comp Front Springs

Images	Categories	Description	Price
	New Products Suspension	Partnumber: 2103 Datsun Roadster Replica of Original Datsun Comp Front Springs - JAPAN VERSION 54010-25510 Here is our brand new replica spring of the original Datsun, Japanese made, competition spring that was made in Japan Mike Young recently said that his "front Springs are a reproduction of what was available through Nissan competition until the '80's..." Mike's spring is a 6 to 7 coil design, cold wound and Bett's Spring, through their own admission, does not offer or have access to metric material. Mike's spring is a nice spring, though there is a difference between a reproduction part and a replica part. Our part is a faithful replica of the original Datsun spring, and is a 5 to 6 coil design, a hot wound spring, with metric coil diameter wire like the original Datsun spring, a totally different animal than any other spring design. 2ND PHOTO: Replica spring with replica sticker. First 25 customers get the retro 70's Datsun cotton paper sticker that was supplied to us. Long before the Mike Young & The Super Comp springs were available there was the Datsun Comp spring that Nissan sold for many, many years and most everyone used them. Beloved by many; I forgot how good this spring was till I drove a car with a set during development. I wish I had in my possession a new set years ago I would have made this spring. A brand new set was provided to us by a 311 participant to be sent out and reverse engineered. Polite street spring reduced LB rate from original, firm, not stiff like the original, proper clearance to the Nissan comp bump stops and the car sits nearly identical to the Mike Young Spring. Depending on how you drive and the roads you drive on, bump stop clearance should be between .750 to 1 inch. Based on the ride, and the ride height of this spring, Harlan Katz liked the ride of this spring as much as the Mike Youngs springs. The original free length was 9.187" to 9.250" with metric coil diameter wire. The only two complaints about the original spring is that it did not lower the car enough so we had the free length changed to 9.0 inches and the rate was too high. Both of these issues were addressed during development. Reverse engineered here in the USA by top mechanical engineers at Duer Carolina Coil. Note that we are the only vendor that discloses are sources and where they are made. May of 2021 this spring was made at the request of a customer in Japan who is a supplier of Datsun parts to his Japanese customer base. He also supplied the retro sticker to us. We were now given permission to sell the small remaining amount of these springs to our domestic and Australian followers as well. This 5 to 6 coil design many people still like. Some sell original sets for much as $395.00 a pair. We spared no expense in requesting that the US manufacture have domestic stock specially machined to the correct metric diameter of the original 14.55mm matching the original Datsun spring coil diameter. Most other springs today for the roadster are offered and manufactured by use of the cold wound process, but Datsun made these original springs using the hot wound process and through extension we also had these made using the same process. Original equipment springs are manufactured with surface prepared materials so as to remove any potential minor surface defects in the material. The majority of the aftermarket automotive hot wound springs are manufactured from hot rolled as rolled material direct from the steel mill. This is great material that is manufactured to an ASTM standard. But the standard allows for minor surface defects in the material from the manufacturing process.These competition springs were manufactured with oversized hot rolled material that was then centerless ground down to size. This provides closer bar diameter tolerances and improved surface finish instead of the hot rolled direct from the steel mill. You won't find a better original replica spring as we are the only ones that put this on the engineering board. Short, low number, one time production was extremely expensive and 16 sets were pre-sold to Japan and arrived there in May 2021 with the special retro sticker supplied by our Japanese customer. EXPANATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS: Measurements were taken at 90 degrees through the centerline of the wheel. Depending on how and what roads you drive on you may wish to modify the bumps stops for clearance up to 1 inch. Tool used to measure the bump stop clearance was positioned upside down, decibel point on the right, for ease of photography. Nissan short bump stops were used on the test car.Measurements were witnessed by 311 participants Springs were tested using a Larson Flash 36 load tester rated with a 5,000lb cell which cost $90,000. Not tested on a $1,000.00 Summit Nascar cage less spring tester. Wire hardness tested on a US made Newage calibrated Brinell hardness tester 7000. Sticker is for vintage style and look only. Nothing being sold here is being represented or sold as an original, genuine Nissan part by us or the dealer that commissioned these being made in Japan. Sticker is for vintage style, look and entertainment value only. To order this spring set with the O-ring pads Order by PART# 2103PAD $279.00 CUSTOMER COMMENTS Tanaka Fukishima - Very excited to have just like original Andrew Davis - Never been one for the original spring, but took a chance and really like these over all the others, and I have tried them. Lowers the car really nice and there must be something about the 5 to 6 coil design in the way the car handles in the corners that make this spring special Mark Kipp - Long time customers have bias, but honestly I enjoy the ride as they say and this spring was worth every penny Abe Kiani - Nicely made, easy to install, clear instructions. Thanks Gil for sending the order before you closed for holiday. Jay Weaver Our Engineer www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoYzqbmSYb0	$239.00PR