advance springs?

daredevil said
I dont know why everyone is so uptight about springs. You can go to the hardware store and buy different springs and trial and error till you get the curve you like. ink pens have light springs and old electronics and turntables and such have them. You think the early drag racers had spring kits. They improvised.

I guess it all boils down to what your time is worth. I for one will spend the $30 to get a kit with an assorment of springs and spacers so I only have to pull the distributor once to set it up the way I want it.

And do you think the early racers went to the hardware store once the spring kits became available?