[Shotimes] my strut saga

[Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com]

Yes I did change the struts.  I used Sachs struts.  Eibachs and Tokicos
sounds great, but for my use as an everyday car, I couldn't justify it.
And, frankly, I didn't have the money.

I think you're referring to strut mount discussion on his webpage.  I
don't know where my mounts would put me in that range, as mine are
fron NAPA.


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 Green MTX  3/01-1/03
   ShoShop y-pipe

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan




"Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote on 07/02/2003 12:55:45 PM:

> Another thing would be the type of strut mounts. I don't think Mike said
> that he changed them, but I know that there are some that raise the 
front
> end. I believe that there is a write-up on the SHO Nut site about it.
> 
> Ron Porter 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net 
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> On Behalf Of Kevin & Cheryl Airth
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:47 PM
> To: Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] my strut saga
> 
> 
> Mike:
>  The ATX is slightly heavier but Ford makes no distinction in the 
springs,
> just the wagon .VS. sedan. If you can get the spring codes I can decode 
them
> for spring rates. Things can be installed to cause this but you also can 
do
> a bit of adjustment with where the strut is clamped in the knuckle.
> .
> .
> 
> 
> 
> > Well, I got it all put back together last night.  Cut the tab off the 
old
> > strut to get it out.  Opened up the split in the bolt in the pinch so 
it
> > would pinch.  Went back together pretty slick.  Had the wife on the
> > prybar so I could get it back in.
> >
> > In the midst of all this, I replaced the original springs with some 
from
> > a '93.  An ATX I believe it was.  The car now sits almost an inch 
higher
> > in the front.  Does that make sense?  The car wasn't sagging before,
> > so it's not that.  I'm hoping they'll find some glaring error on my 
part
> > at the alignment shop, and it will at least go back to where it was 
before
> > all this mess.  Is the MTX possibly that much lighter that it would do
> > this?
> >
> >
> > Mike Wojton
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