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]

No, there is a problem. MR2 front struts aren't designed to dampen the fronts of Celicas, which have an engine in them. Therefore, they will most likely not last very long. Kwanza already posted in this thread regarding this.

Also, another problem is that suspension travel would be reduced. Although the amount of travel would be small, it's bad nonetheless. And the whole point of my project was to gain suspension travel.

And I'm not saying that I want sport-option struts...I'm wanting measurements of them and how they compare to regular struts. Perhaps the measurements are different, and that's why the MR2 inserts worked for Punch but won't work for me.