02GF74
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| posted on 27/9/06 at 09:16 AM |
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converting to adjustable springs
RalDes do a threaded tube that can be slipped over a shock that allows the spring seat to be moved thus allowing ride height to be adjested.
Has anyone used them?
From measurement I made, it looks like these will go on my shocks and I can fit different s[pring rages (dolomite).
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mookaloid
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| posted on 27/9/06 at 09:39 AM |
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Why don't you simply buy some protech shocks and springs of the correct length?
You just tell them the fully open length and the range of movement you want together with your required spring rate and the ends you want and they
send you some really nice ally bodied shocks adjustable for spring height and damping 
They are much much better than anyhing based on Dolomite shocks and if you want your car to handle you need to be able to adjust the damping.
They are a good investment and you won't regret it.
http://www.protechshocks.co.uk/
Cheers
Mark
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vorn
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| posted on 27/9/06 at 09:49 AM |
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Thats the same way as I went . I was amazed at how thick the wall of a shock is . 5mm us the average wall thickness and that gives you heaps of room
for a circlip groove
 
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[Edited on 27/9/06 by vorn]
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02GF74
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| posted on 27/9/06 at 02:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
Why don't you simply buy some protech shocks and springs of the correct length?
You just tell them the fully open length and the range of movement you want together with your required spring rate
They are much much better than anyhing based on Dolomite shocks and if you want your car to handle you need to be able to adjust the damping.
I know you're riught but I'm guessing that will set me back about £ 200 vs maybe £ 60 for the locost way 
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Peteff
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| posted on 27/9/06 at 03:45 PM |
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I'm guessing that will set me back about £ 200
A set of 1.9" protech with springs is about £315 to fit a locost but your rears are longer so they may be more for you.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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02GF74
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| posted on 27/9/06 at 03:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
A set of 1.9" protech with springs is about £315 to fit a locost but your rears are longer so they may be more for you.
my wallet has just Fainted. 
a set: is that a pair (e.g. rear) or 2 pairs (front and rear).
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mookaloid
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| posted on 28/9/06 at 08:26 AM |
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I think that's for a set of four
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Ratters
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 10:02 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
RalDes do a threaded tube that can be slipped over a shock that allows the spring seat to be moved thus allowing ride height to be adjested.
Has anyone used them?
From measurement I made, it looks like these will go on my shocks and I can fit different s[pring rages (dolomite).
The one's from RACE or Midland Performance Centre have a machined top cup rather than a cast one. Bit dearer maybe but you get what you pay for.
I got mine from Burtons & although that is a cast top cup it is well made & finished.
hth
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NS Dev
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 10:30 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
Why don't you simply buy some protech shocks and springs of the correct length?
You just tell them the fully open length and the range of movement you want together with your required spring rate
They are much much better than anyhing based on Dolomite shocks and if you want your car to handle you need to be able to adjust the damping.
I know you're riught but I'm guessing that will set me back about £ 200 vs maybe £ 60 for the locost way
yes, but without wishing to be rude, if the locost way doesn't work properly then it is a waste of money.
Unfortunately I can speak from experience having done things the cheap way on at least 5 car projects now, and almost invariably the
"cheap" way has cost more in the long run when I ended up buying the expensive bits after finding that the cheap bits didn't wrk
properly.
You pays yer money and takes yer choice, but £315 for a set of protech shocks is a billy bargain in my book.
If I spent 4 hours modifying shockers to fit, then another day or two buggering about wondering why my car skips over every bump I come to because the
damping rate is incorrect for the sprung to unsprung weight ratio and spring rate, then another hour taking the shocks off, and replacing them with
the protech ones or similar anyway, then suddenly the cheap way seems foolish.
Better to spend the extra couple of days working, save the money and buy the right bits to start with.
I would not have said this when I was 19 or 20, but now I am a bit older a hopefully a lot wiser!!
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
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NS Dev
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 10:32 AM |
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PS been there done that with those coilover conversions, in fact even spun the orrible cast ones up the the lathe and machined them all over so they
looked neat...............................they still lurk somewhere in the garage after I took them off the rally car when i couldn't get the
damping right and then bought the right dampers, after wasting the money on the conversion.
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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