Getting my groove on - my shock bodies

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:15 am

I had a similar dilemma with my front struts

I had the sleeve resting on the tab (in the middle of the pic) on the strut housing but just wasn't comfortable with only that small piece of metal holding the entire weight of my car. Luckily since it was a strut tube, I just took it Keene Fabricating and he welded on another piece of flat stock to the tube to give it more support. Probably over kill but I'm ok with that

Is that bracket strong enough to handle the forces you are about to give it?

Cash Davidson · **Posted:** Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:48 am

JamesShort wrote:

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Like this ^ on the inside of the sleeve.

Cash Davidson · **Posted:** Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:52 am

Ryan Holton wrote:

Is that bracket strong enough to handle the forces you are about to give it?

It's not sitting on the bracket:

The ledge on the inside of the sleeve is sitting on the ledge on the outside of the shock tube. It should be fine don't you think?

Cash

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:57 am

Light bulb *ON*

Ahhhhhhh, hells yeah that should be fine. That's pretty slick

JamesShort · **Posted:** Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:04 pm

Cash Davidson wrote:

JamesShort wrote:

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Like this ^ on the inside of the sleeve.

Ahhh, makes sense. Cool that's nice you didn't need any machine work then

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Cash Davidson · **Posted:** Fri Jan 17, 2014 5:31 pm

One done with new spring installed. Total price to convert two Bilsteins - just under $150 in parts & shipping. :thumbsup:

Now I gotta finish the rear suspension. :roll:

Cash Davidson · **Posted:** Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:54 pm

As I played around with ride height, I decided I needed more stroke (strut stroke, that is). So I made a few more mods:

Stock strut mount/upper spring perch:

Took it apart:

Modified it to allow the strut tube to pass thru:

Made a new strut mounting plate, added poly bushings:

Raised the strut mount location almost 2". Since the motion ratio is about 0.6, 2" at the strut is 3.3" at the wheel. And yes the hood still closes (barely). We'll be lowering this thing for proper RaceCar cred! :sing:

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:47 am

A rubber bushing? Come on Cash, you can do better than that!!!

Spherical bearing: Because Racecar

Did you make the top plate yourself? Nice work if you did.

Cash Davidson · **Posted:** Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:27 am

Ryan Holton wrote:

A rubber bushing? Come on Cash, you can do better than that!!!

Spherical bearing: Because Racecar

Did you make the top plate yourself? Nice work if you did.

Yeah, went with Poly because the strut rod moves very little (besides up/down). The front is double wishbone so the strut doesn't rotate. Nice work on your piece, BTW. :thumbsup:

Yeah, made the plate myself. You can still see the green sharpee marks where I traced it onto the second plate. :oops:

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:35 am

That pic is not my piece, it was one I was going to copy but I found something OTS that I made work for cheaper.

Jason Mauldin · **Posted:** Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:14 am

Cash Davidson wrote:

Raised the strut mount location almost 2". Since the motion ratio is about 0.6, 2" at the strut is 3.3" at the wheel. And yes the hood still closes (barely). We'll be lowering this thing for proper RaceCar cred! :sing:

If that's a strut, I would be afraid that you're going to rip that mount apart.

edit, I see that you say it's a double wishbone, which would make this a shock, not a strut.

Cash Davidson · **Posted:** Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:11 am

True. That mount will not support the weight of the car. Sorry for the confusion.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:24 pm

Learned something new, didn't know the 6 was DWB, I might need to hang a ride with you Cash.

Cash Davidson · **Posted:** Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:50 pm

Yeah, same as the Fusion, MKZ, Milan, Zephyr - most people don't realize they are DWB.

I added eccentric bushings to raise the back of the upper a-arm after lowering the car. Also added adjustable upper balljoint for more camber :thumbsup:

Free rides anytime!

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