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General Category => Fabrication => Topic started by: Lowerit on April 13, 2009, 09:01:35 AM

Title: Extended Strut hats
Post by: Lowerit on April 13, 2009, 09:01:35 AM: Pretty basic mod. Enjoy...

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Riding around like a toolshed with bouncy suspension is not cool. The car I am building will be running Koni's and coilovers (GC"s) poly...ect.. Primary use will be autocross and track events

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Cutting 1" piece of pipe

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Welded, ready for finishing

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Belt sanding (gotta make it pretty for Powdercoating)

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Comparison of stock vs extended

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2 done , 2 to go

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Next up rear suspension limiters
Title: Re: Extended Strut hats
Post by: 92CXyD on April 13, 2009, 09:29:02 AM: interresting ;D

Curious on rear limiters ;D
Title: Re: Extended Strut hats
Post by: Lowerit on April 13, 2009, 09:52:54 AM: I am just copying a design on the rear limiters that JD came up with. I had the thread saved from the old site, but it's long gone. Basically use old bump stops and threaded rod. I am going to built them this weekend.

Ground control sells strut hat extenders for $200, They have speherical bearings in them which is nice, but at $200? I can spend it better elsewhere. (hoosiers)

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Title: Re: Extended Strut hats
Post by: Joseph Davis on April 13, 2009, 12:25:53 PM: Quote from: Lowerit on April 13, 2009, 09:52:54 AM
I am just copying a design on the rear limiters that JD came up with. I had the thread saved from the old site, but it's long gone. Basically use old bump stops and threaded rod.

I never said threaded rod. Threaded rod is expensive. I said cut and weld old shock shafts.
Title: Re: Extended Strut hats
Post by: Lowerit on April 13, 2009, 12:32:02 PM: I am taking the info from an old HMT thread that wasn't yours , but the author gave you credit.

I will try using old shock shafts. I was going to use cut up old strut hats for the bushing cup's so that the bump stops had somewhere to fit inside.

I need to be able to disconnect these fairly easily.
Title: Re: Extended Strut hats
Post by: Joseph Davis on April 13, 2009, 12:33:48 PM: Who was the author?
Title: Re: Extended Strut hats
Post by: Lowerit on April 13, 2009, 03:07:40 PM: It's actually sitting on the hood of my corvair which slopes. They are dead level... I know..I used a level :)