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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/01/18 09:28:07
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Godd to see it's coming along. With your strut tops it really depends on what you want the car for? If it will be for track days then you probably want the higher rated springs. As to the strut tops, they are probably fine for the street but if you want more adjustment then you should get something like these from Eurospeed -  You can also match them up with the adjustable TCA's for more fine tuning and maximum camber and caster. Good luck and keep us updated. Matt
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/01/19 01:52:02
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Thanks Matt!
Well its my daily driver and will be for a long time. I wouldnt mind taking it to the odd track day but the most important thing is for it to be good on the street.
Those tops look good! I just went onto the website, but i didnt see those adjustable ones on there...? Ive checked out the kmac race strut tops too and the eccentric ones from group 4 with the off-centre hole for camber/caster. Really i want the most possible caster. I like the kmac ones for ease of adjustment, might have to bite the bullet and cough up 420 bucks.
Yea the adjustable control arms crossed my mind, but i reckon i might be able to hang on to the old ones and run just a bit of camber using the strut tops.
Bit worried about those springs i bought now... might just fit them up and see how they go. In the end i can always go a higher rate later on if im not happy.
Ryan
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/01/19 09:53:34
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Ryan,
If you email Eurospeed and ask them to send you a catalogue via email you'll get the whole lot with prices to.
The tops I have are to suit the smaller diameter strut holes found in the MKI's & Early MKII's so I'll need the get them redrilled to suit my late MKII hence why I haven't installed them yet.
Not sure if you get more movement from the race style tops from KMAC. I think they just use different bushes (I got this a while ago from KMac -
Stage 1 - Street - steel construction with thrust ball bearing race encased in urethane, $380 inc GST.
Stage 2 - Street/Race - alloy construction with urethane encased spherical bearing in replaceable centre, $480 inc GST
Stage 3 - Full Race - as with Stage 2, but no urethane or flex for tauter response, $480 inc GST.
Once you get the K-Mac bar in coupled with the existing struts tops you may find you'll have enough camber to suit your needs.
Good luck
Matt
GIven you have the adjustable bar from KMac and if you go the
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/01/19 18:00:15
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Thanks again,
I just emailed eurospeed so will have a look when they send it to me.
Yea that sounds smart, tops are something i can always change later on without much farting about (im assuming?) and i wont know how my current ones really are until the bar and new bushes are in. Might turn out to be solid enough with new bushes springs and shocks to make me happy. The springs being lower will create a little more camber anyway.
The rest of the suspension bushes, control arm, swar bar etc are pretty knackered so they wont be helping matters at the moment.
If anyone else has different strut tops fitted id like to hear what people think, how much and where from!
Cheers,
Ryan
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/01/19 19:00:46
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I think once you get your stuff as well as replace the knackered bushes with new nolathane ones then you will have a car that handles very well indeed.
Good luck
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/01/20 10:10:39
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79Escort
If anyone else has different strut tops fitted id like to hear what people think, how much and where from!
I've got these ones in mine. From MC Motorsport in the UK ( http://www.mcmotorsport.co.uk/). I have no idea if they're any good or not, cause the car is still not going. 
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/01/20 19:23:05
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Thanks hak073, they look really good. The only thing is on the site they only say they are for large hole, and mine is a 79, so i emailed them to see if they can make ones to suit.
Seems to me like a very good price.
Ryan
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/01/21 15:32:39
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Other than the K-Mac struts tops it is pretty difficult to find strut tops to suit the later MKII's with the smaller strut holes.
My plan is to get a suspension place to fit them for me and then drill holes in the tops. Set and forget so to speak.
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/01/31 22:25:12
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I have received emails back from both mcmotorsport and eurospeed, and its not looking good for the small hole tops. They dont stock them for small hole, but this is the email i got from mcmotorsport
"Hi
I have been asked the question several times, but I'm afraid it's not possible for this type of adjustable mount to be fitted to the small hole top mount Escort. I have looked into it and you would only end up with about 5mm of movement either way. It is possible to modify the inner wing on the small hole escort to the same size as the large hole one's to allow these to fit.
Hope this helps
Regards Martin"
That would be all well and good but i dont feel comfortable modifying it to fit at this stage so it seems that the ones i have will have to do for now.
Also i have spoken to Mike Dale about the springs and he said that they are a bit too soft, id want more like 250lb, but he said i could try the ones i have and see how they go. If im happy with how these are then i wont need to buy new ones so im hoping they are a vast improvement over standard. He also said that the 22mm sway bar was spot on.
Ryan
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/02/01 17:42:07
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When i was running a late Mk2 i used the solid bushed Noltec's. Nothing wrong with them.
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/02/01 21:30:24
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/02/01 21:56:43
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i had the same issues and have small holes in the van,   i got the eccentric strut tops from burtons and adjustable TCA's this seemed like a good compromise and a fairly cheap option, I cant tell you how it handles as ive only pushed it and am yet to drive it, I also went the 22mm bar with a burtons anti dive kit,
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/02/01 22:05:03
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HI Sundowner,
Looking good.
I have the similar strut tops to you. Mine are from Eurospeed but to suit a MKI so they need the be redrilled. How hard was it for the suspension dudes to fit the strut tops as I am getting mine done and was just keen on any feed back.
Cheers,
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/02/01 22:09:19
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Forget what I said above as I just checked out the burton website.
Do you just drill out the top hat collars to suit your shock and you are away?
Thsi might just solve my problems...
Cool
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Re:Front Suspension upgrade Mk2
2012/02/01 22:53:08
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