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Old 08-13-2017, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Amber Gramps
Maybe I'm still asleep......but "it isn't special" and "it's perfectly flat" sound like a contradiction. I have a pair of Bilstein inserts for Bilstein struts you are welcome to. Heaven know you have sent me way too much stuff for my car, some struts are easy. If they are shaped right but valved wrong send them to Juan at Bilstein Poway.
Doug, I appreciate that. I have Bilstein sports on the car now, and they are probably better for the street than the original cartridges. By "flat", I mean that on the RSRs, there is no lug on the "top" of the cartridge end that bolts to the top of the strut in the trunk. What I should have done was to send them to Glenn Yee.

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He's in San Dimas. Factory trained Bilstein tech from the Aase IMSA days. He's the same guy who does the blueprinted oil pumps Ollie's sells. Amazing suspension resourse. He still does set up on a bunch of modern IMSA and PWC cars but his interest is more in the older cars.
I'll bet he's a TON more responsive and easier to work with than Bilstein !!!! Thank you!
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Originally Posted by k.jeffries
Okay with the help from Steve Weiner of Rennsport Systems they are original RSR struts with a 17 mm raised spindle... that should do it, on to the next step
I'll not speak for Steve, but he is against the coilovers without a roll cage tied into the struts.
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Old 08-13-2017, 09:07 PM
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Interesting. I've got an LS7 (LS2 heads, LS9 cam) monster engine sitting in my driveway right now. Similar bad idea landed the poor thing in a 968.


......and I just put new rotors on my TRD Taco.
Always liked the 968.. thing must be a beast with that engine... One of the things I'm definitely parting with on this project is the LS1. Brand new with all sorts of fancy internal stuff and an aftermarket injection/ignition systems but not the road I want to go down
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Old 08-14-2017, 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by rusnak
I'll not speak for Steve, but he is against the coilovers without a roll cage tied into the struts.
This is true.
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Old 08-14-2017, 05:05 PM
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Converted whole care to 5 lug with a beautiful set of original HRE 3 piece Fuchs in great condition, that was the good part, the bad is they're still too narrow for that body work so the car ended up with 930 adapters and 25 mmm spacers...lol (i wonder how long the wheel bearings would have lasted?)

Do you have photos of these wheels? Can't say that I've ever seen them before.
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Do you have photos of these wheels? Can't say that I've ever seen them before.
Will do when I get back home this afternoon.
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Here you Go WheelsB. A bit dusty but I'm hungry and need to eat...lol



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Originally Posted by WheelsB

Do you have photos of these wheels? Can't say that I've ever seen them before.
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Here you Go WheelsB. A bit dusty but I'm hungry and need to eat...lol



Come on...that's a very common mod. Can't go to a Cars and Coffee without seeing several sets. There is a place locally that will turn your 16x6 Fuchs into BBS compatible centers.

Everyone and their dog knows about this guy:

http://www.bobwoodmantires.com/16-di...new-used-rims/
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