MA61 STRUTS IN KE70

[mtgg85]

as the above says i got some free ma61 struts and i was wondering can i bolt them in my ke70 and what else will i need

[rthy]

they are no good to you as the axle to strut angle is all wrong

[japlish]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sam_Q @ Jul 30 2008, 07:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=568677)</div>
they are no good to you as the axle to strut angle is all wrong[/b]
have you ever used them? if not then how would you know?

i have personally used these in my ke70 with sigma lower arms and custom rca's to adapt ae86 p/s arms and it seemed to handle fine?

[rthy]

they are the same as RA60 struts, on stock arms they give u some Hektic + camber

[japlish]

no they're not.......
ma61 struts will give you even MORE camber and the strut diameter is bigger.

[Konakid]

So they fail even more?

[japlish]

depends on what your after, if you want a big gain in front track without the mass neg camber than these struts are for you.

[rthy]

your right Japlish, the angle is tottaly off compared to an ae86/ae71 model but again I wasnt clear and I was talking about a direct swap. It would be fine in your case because your compensating for the angle difference with a large increase in the lower control arm.

I havent tried it directly but I will admit when I was somewhat new to sprinters I bought a set of ma61 struts to put into my car and found out about the camber problem. I did direct comparasins and I wasnt interested in changing wheels to suit.

Meathead #2: ma61 is more off than ra60, some useless info for you; ma61 owners have used ra60 struts to get some negative camber.