see this is the kind of information that makes me sad that the forum may close, having confirmed parts that fit from other cars is a god send.
 
Regarding the Rav4 strut tops - the aftermarket ones yesterford supply change the ride height about the same amount so I think you're on to a winner, could be a good experiment to chuck a stock one in the other side and compare the measurements of the bearing/sleeve on each side.
 

 
From Yesterfords price list. 

well to be honest, I'm not terribly impressed by that.
 
Mainly because you know how much I spent on the vans Capri coil over front struts, GAZ inserts, alloy hubs, Cortina top Mounts, Capri 2.8 vented disks, M16 rebuild and spacer kit, all 'proper' from the normal suppliers, with UK fees etc. Then some anti establishment cowboy rolls in, with his lateral thinking, and does it all at 1/3rd of the price.... :) 
 
I have a new WRC badge I was going to give you, but I think you need to find an Executive Edition one now instead. 

Haha, you'll be alright !
Yeah I'm just finding different ways to do the same thing , nothing wrong there. When I did the orange mex , I did what you are doing but I went way further with stuff like Wilwood 285 brake kit, alloy rs belhousing, Quaife lsd, quick rack just to name a few.
I found this vid , I see everyone as the person on the left getting anxious and mad cause the other person has worked out to not follow what's the common method. All in good fun btw...
https://youtube.com/short...ck?si=Yn9r4UXTOogayyzX

Today I'm making a anti-dive kit for the mk1 . I'll do a school lesson on this so if anyone wants to make 1 if you've got the metal spare, it'll be here to copy , measurements and all... all you really need to purchase are 3x swaybar double width mounts and bushes for your swaybar size.

There was a mk1 escort called Executive, basically a 1300gt with custom pack interior.. Mines a Corporate tho lol

Marty is going good there guys. I don't know if I would have the patience to research all this stuff though?
You now have a Ravscort Marty!
 
Seriously though, I am presuming the travel etc of the inserts is the main criteria of for you sourcing an alternate?
That's why I convert to coilovers nowadays as you get that choice of setting the platform height.
 

I just got lucky with the RAV4 towers, my other option was early Magna but with the minimal work needed on RAV4 ones they'll be my use from now on.
Correct with the inserts , they'll be about 30mm shorter so that means the tube will need cut and sectioned , as for height I'll either use MST springs left over from the yellow Lugger project or keep the original Capri springs. I'm also losing the spring platform height a little to help the ride height lowering.
The swaybar might stay 20mm which will give good turn in grip given how light the car is I doubt a 22mm will make much gains for road. Being a road car I don't want stiff suspension but also don't want sloppy factory either.

Making the anti dive kit from cutting up a 2.5mm thick 90x90mm , my copy version is 100mm wide, RHS box section. I used a plasma to cut the lengths , the full length is between 630-660mm and the wall height is about 20 to 25mm tall, there's no real exact height, it's what you're wanting it to look like.


Making where they go, it will pay to measure your cars own cars gap between bolt centres out your seat mounts

The model one has slotted mounting holes in case of and differences between bolts.
Next is measure the D shape mount bolt spacings which I came up with 25mm apart and 63mm deep for the double width mounts , holes are 11mm for the bolts of M10 . I've written down most of the measurements on the part. Mine was 555mm wide between seat bar mounts then add 25mm each side for the double width mounts

Once the holes have been marked up drill out with a pilot then 11mm for the 6 holes you'll need 6 10mm nuts to be welded in behind to be captive nuts


The boxes will need fully welding in which will stiffen up the box heaps



So there it is, about 5 lazy hrs to build from scratch , or just buy one for about $190 !!

Today I was working on the sunroof unit just cleaning it and checking it's all good to go but the drop back switch was not working very well so I pulled the switch apart and simply cleaned up contacts and now it's good as gold. Also the sun shield slide back plate was not sliding smoothly plus it has the wrong fabric, I removed it and don't some panel beating to square it up better and noticed the slide springs had broken off but was still there so they're glued back on . I removed the factory black fabric and it's foam/glue then I cut a piece of new lining material to match the good liner was glued on . . More cleaning of the sunroof tomorrow and will store it till later.
Also the rotors arrived today but haven't opened it up yet

Righty hoo, I modded the rotors today , first job was to remove the old Capri solid disks which was a bit stuck on from the rust buildup.
Next was to fit a rotor on the lathe to open the centre bore hole about 2mm so it fits over the Capri hub centre boss.


I made the fitment very close so there's no wobble but can spin

After measuring the 4x holes to mount the rotor on I went over to the drill press to drill holes
I will admit a couple holes dittn line up so needed a slight file to get corrected, I'll put the washer locks back on after they been cleaned up. The hubs will get a full clean out and bearing kit. Which is funny that if ordering Capri mk1 price is a little dearer than MK2 Cortina ones which are identical !
My shock inserts are due in early next week so I'll be able to build up the struts to almost complete.
Am still wondering on height so I'll just tack on the spring seat till finalised , thinking I'll just drop it 25mm and see..
Just want to ask the gurus out there if 266mm rotors got behind 13in alloys. Personally I think that's still enough room with calipers as an only going up from 247mm to 266mm which is 10mm at 1 side , and Volvo calipers are a similar dimension to escort ones.

If I update to the 266mm rotors that will help me make a adaptor mount for calipers.
Dimensions for Peugeot 206 rotors to Capri 2.8i rotors
Peugeot are 247mm, 20mm thick and are 34.5mm tall , centre hole is 66mm
Capri are 245mm, 20mm thick and 32mm tall with a centre hole of 67.8mm (or there abouts) .

sorry Marty, cant help on 13's and brake sizes.
My vented rotors where std diameter, and used with 14'rims.
These did just pop up on your beloved FB though.

 
I wonder what Aus Post would think about posting an antidive kit to Vic?
Are you going to find some matching bushes to suit also?

Ain't buying nout from that guy... I think part time bought a gearbox and from him and got ripped . I like my Peugeot rotor mod for the time being..