short stroke shocks for KE70?

[Riverside]

I am looking to improve the handling of my new KE70 daily......I have previously fitted ae86 front struts and fitted SW20 MR2 inserts into them. BUT the KE70 strut is a smaller diameter.

Does anyone know of shock inserts that have the same or similar specs as the SW20 items, but with a smaller diameter?

Please give all options and as much info on specs as possible.

Cheers

Nico

[rthy]

what if if u use ae86 front struts in sted?

[Riverside]

The whole idea is to avoid that, they are difficult to find cheap, and the SW20 shocks are not cheap either.

Being that this is purely a little daily runaround, i am trying to minimise cost.

[Gilly]

un fortunately there is not much in the way of decnet aftermarket shocks to fit KE70, springs either for that matter.

there is a koni adjustable, externally adjustable. not listed under KE70 though they had to measure them up and fit a spacer so i don't know what they were meant for originally. not short stroke either.

if it's just a daily you may have to look at pedders and lovells etc. yuk

[rthy]

ra60 front struts with ke70 tops and sigma/ra40 lca's?

[Riverside]

As mentioned, Really not looking to change my strut/<CA combination, it is purely a daily driver that i wanna have a bit of a thrash around in.

I have my track only drift car if i want REAL handling.

Looks like i will have to check the listings in the catalogues and figure something out.

If i remember to, i will post in here the results.

Keeping it pretty simple at this stage. Falcon king springs and HQ or Sirerra rear shocks, And Falcon king springs and whatever i find for the front.

Perhaps someone can confirm........are the spring base on the KE struts the same diamter as the AE86 items? (Hope fully they are so i can run the falcon springs in the front too)

[Gilly]

rears are the same from 86 to 70. but fronts have a smaller diameter spring perch.

[Riverside]

DOH!!!!!!!!! looks like i will have to find another option for springs too. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/sad.gif

[slydar]

try mk1 golf maybe? theyre pretty small diamtre and short. youll need a spacer. *shrugs*.

munroe has a downloadable pdf online and you can x referance everything.

then go buy KYB http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif but the dimensions will all be the same.

why does it have to be short stroke? if its justa daily i wouldnt worry. how low does your daily really need to be?

[Riverside]

I am not one to have it riding on bump stops.......but i am a massive fan of captive springs and a stiff ride.

Basically, i am trying to re-create the handling i had in the little black AE71 i had not to long ago (You may remember it from QR ) but it had the AE86 front struts.

For the sake of a bit of research, i figure i will hopefully be able to find something in a shorter stroke for the same sort of cash as the stocko items.

[Riverside]

slydar........could you possibly supply a link for that PDF file from monroe?

I have been over their website but unable to locate it :s

Cheers

[driftae86]

ive used ae86 front springs on my ae71 and ke70 the seat is a little smaller, but dont worry about it IMO. they sit in there, its just really close, i wired them down to the seat just in case too.

[Riverside]

Thats actually the problem, the Falcon king springs i used with my AE86 struts in the poast sat much like you describe......so therefore with the smaller KE spring perch they most likely would drop straight over the perch lol.

I am so surprised no one has done this before.....i would have thought lots of people would want to keep the cost as low as possible when dealing with a KE.