Ok, so I have made changes to my car. And it doesnt work anymore.

Im wondering what weight spring you guys run in the front of your car. I would like to hear from race car guys at or under 3100lbs

Are you talking about coil overs on stock or an aftermarket rack and pinion set up? The rack and pinion set ups seem to get away with lighter springs due to shock angles and the mounting points of the arms. Coil over conversions on stock stuff would be around a 450lb spring.

Still no hook? How much travel do you have now with the coil overs? Calvert likes to see 5" of travel and that seems like it could be difficult with a coil over in the stock shock location.

Shouldn't be, I was building coil over kits for awhile and my kits had dead on 5" of travel at the spindle.

Depending on the front weight... 350 would be close
or 400... put it on a scale
The length also matters

Most of the coil over and strut front end drag cars with four links or ladder bars cars I've heard of have three inches front travel

Im at 4.75" of drop now. I only had like 3.5 before when the car was working.

I have a 300lb spring in it now and really dont have it compressed at all

Then put a 250 or 275 on it...the front must be light
but you will have to control the lift with good shocks
EDIT
more than likely your looking at a 6" spring in the
250-275 range... that will give you stored energy
and wont let it fall out... but again you will have to
slow it up on extension so you dont get full travel...
if it dont need the travel... but I would rather have to
much than to little

Seldom is it how MUCH travel, it's usually RATE of travel. This is a moderate HP car, so while it won't need much travel, it will need some stored energy to get things started. So the issue is likely a combination of shock settings and the fact that the car is just sitting on the springs

Monte, thats exactly what Im thinking . I really dont know how to compare a /6 torsion bar to a coil spring

If you push up and down on the front of the car does the front of the car move up and down or is it stiff?

A torsion bar is a spring, so it has a spring rate............where to find that rate, I don't know. It also depends on how you mounted the shock. The more straight up, the less spring it needs

I guess the way the top mount piece comes out on the angle makes the shock more verticle. The front is very stiff, not like it was with the torsion bars. However, stiffer rebound setting on front shock was helping so I wasnt sure it needed to be loser

You said the shock compresses very little.. you
need lighter springs to get the shock down in farther
but stiffer shock setting... you had 3" before when you
lifted it up.. but now with the 300# your not working
thats because you dont have the 3" anymore.. you have a
lot of non stored energy... get the shock(rod) in farther
but be prepared to stiffen the shock rate to slow it down

Shock is compressed. Coil is not. I just ordered #250s.

This is a coil over shock correct... how do you
get the shock compressed and not the coil.. unless
the spring is way too short.. if thats the case like
I said a 6" at 250

my spring rate is 300 0r 350 and i have 3.75 inch of upword travel

When you compress the coil on a coilover shock then the shock extends and vice versa

When I let my car down on the suspension the coil overs and spring compress, not extend They extend when I jack the car up and let the suspension hang down on of the coil overs, front or rear

Seems to me that you can find the torsion bar rates in an old circle track chassis book. I have an old drag chassis book and I will look and see if it's in there.

I know I have seen the rates published.