FC coilover conversion.

[travellinbob]

Hi all, I am attempting at th emoment to install soome fc front struts into my poor morris minor traveller and have spent far too long staring at them and was wondering if anyone had converted the standard struts to an adjustable coil over set up? I KNOW that you can buy of the shelf coilover struts but I have seen kits ofr sale to do it yourself!  Sure, most might say to me...havnt you already bitten off more than you can chew?  well probably yes, but   thought this might be interesting for the DIY (tight) techy people out there. MIkeLMR converted his 323\'s front struts like this too so I am not completely mad.
 cheers, michael.

[MikeLMR]

not sure on the FC but being a modern setup I guess they don\'t use a damper insert like the older cars. That means you can\'t really go welding the threaded tube onto the shock as you will damage the damper which is now parts of the actual strut. On the early struts you just remove the damper insert and weld away.

one thing we have done is to make a sleeve with a cap that will sit over the top of the damper like a top hat, Seems to work just fine, but needs a little thought to see if it will work on an FC.

[oldone]

Mike ...speak to 88GTR...he knows the stuff as he has converted his car ? I think.:Typing  Top bloke ...:Thumbs-up

[travellinbob]

Cool thanks for the advice guys!

[grinder]

check ebay.com - you can buy a kit for about $100 that does the job

Stu

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MK1-COILOVER-KIT-86-91-RX7-RX-7-FC3S-FC-87-88-90-NEW-NR_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6755QQihZ006QQitemZ160025256240QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[travellinbob]

Grinder you are the source of all e-bay finds!!!! cheers for that.
 michael.

[antnicuk]

i had some rears made using Koni struts,  they just lathed a small groove around the strut and put a big circlip around it to hold the threaded part.

[grinder]

michael - if you get these let me know how they fit and work

[RotorHeid]

When are you come up to aberdeen?
 got everything that you are looking for!.
 it will help to stop you from running around the island with an fc on your hands:eek:

[grinder]

When are you come up to aberdeen?
 got everything that you are looking for!.
 it will help to stop you from running around the island with an fc on your hands:eek:

your gonna have to expand on that for it to make sense matey LOL

[RotorHeid]

Sorry,
English is not my lugo,BSL is.
Difficult for me to explain everything on the forum.

[travellinbob]

Yep no worries. The tourist season is starting to chill out a wee bit now so we can actually manage to get off the rock more. Am still interested in the gearbox from you Ian too.
  Dont know if I will get them Grinder as I dont have a paypal account that works!!!! But if you are ever thinking of getteng them yourself let me know and i might be able to come up with the readies and get some too.
 cheers, michael.