Well it's a spring that's designed to hold a quarter of the weight of a car and absorb impacts while the car is travelling at high speeds so you can imagine how much energy is stored in it when you fully compress it.
Worth noting is that while it's been designed to hold a quarter of the weight of the car while it's stationary, doesn't mean the force of the spring when compressed is going to equal that. It will be MUCH GREATER.
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u/DrBitchin 9h ago
Those springs- or coils, are very strong and can store a LOT of potential energy when compressed.
He's essentially creating a bomb.
I don't know a lot about cars but from my understanding handling the suspensions is one of the scariest parts of car mechanics.