Updated: I Need Strut Help! Options

[Coomer]

I'm trying to figure out which inserts I need to get in order to obtain optimum results by running shortened struts in the front, and I have a few questions.

1. Does anyone know the stroke range for factory shocks on the front of our Celicas?

2. And also, does anyone know the stroke range for other MacPherson-strut-equipped Toyota cars such as the AW11, SW20, AE92, and AE86?

3. What's the inner-diameter of our stock strut housings?

Punch's thread is very helpful but I'm looking for just a bit more information.

Thanks,
Christian Coomer

This post has been edited by Coomer: Mar 31, 2006 - 12:10 PM

[Coomer]

Thanks for the reply Kwanza. What I plan to do is run a shorter shock and cut the casing(above the perch so it won't affect the perch position) approximately 40mm. Then, if I need a spacer, I'll use one.

I just read that a lot of the AE86 guys run SW20 MR2 front shocks in the front and early 90s Camaro shocks in the rear.

Would you advise using the MR2 fronts on the front and MR2 rears on the rear, even though the MR2's weight distribution is way different than our Celicas?

[Kwanza26]

Thanks for the reply Kwanza. What I plan to do is run a shorter shock and cut the casing(above the perch so it won't affect the perch position) approximately 40mm. Then, if I need a spacer, I'll use one.

I just read that a lot of the AE86 guys run SW20 MR2 front shocks in the front and early 90s Camaro shocks in the rear.

Would you advise using the MR2 fronts on the front and MR2 rears on the rear, even though the MR2's weight distribution is way different than our Celicas?

No... i posted before I think emphasizing MR2 rears for the Celica fronts... and MR2 fronts for the Celica rears. Even on AE86's... although the MR2 fronts do fit... they've proven to blow after a while. I'd imagine the same on a Celica.