I would guess that the race cars your friend torched the springs on don't put many miles on. I had a Malibu that I cut the springs on then heated them slightly to re-flatten the end coils. After about two years in the car one of the springs broke just about where I had heated it. The break was near the end so it was no big problem driving the car but if you heat the middle of your spring and it breaks there you will really have a problem.
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