On Mon, 2 Jul 2001 11:50:21 -0400 (EDT), David Hillman asked:
> Is the bracket which attaches the bottom of a MacPherson-type strut to
>the carrier part of the "strut", and by extension free ( well, subject
>to 13.5 ) in Stock? Anyone care to take a stab at what, exactly,
>"dimensional characteristics" of the shock refers to?
> My factory service manual refers to the whole assembly as a "shock
>absorber", which would seem to indicate, "Yes".
> ( Not trying to cheat, on the contrary, I'm trying to be legal. )
The strut housing and any bracketry attached to the strut housing (such as
the flanges with bolt holes used to attach the bottom of the strut to the
suspension upright/hub carrier) are considered part of the strut and thus
must be dimensionally the same as stock unit. I know some of my friends
around here running Saturns had to weld up the slots in their Koni struts
to make sure the dimensions were correct. Some cars (notably
European-designed Fords), use what I call a "bayonet" lower strut mount,
where the upright/hub carrier clamps around the bottom of the strut
housing. For those, particularly with single-point upper strut mounts
(like the Ford Mondeo/Countour/Mystique/Cougar family), that means there's
basically zero chance of getting more camber out of it without performing
an illegal-for-stock-category modification (such as offset-milling the
strut clamp bore in the upright).
Hope this is useful,
Jim Crider
autojim@att.net
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