hay guys interested in hearing what inserts you have used and from what car ,into the xt130 front struts,

I'm doing the xt130 conversion into my 55 and need to find a shorter shock, to keep my spring held in tight ,

so any one at all who has done this conversion let me know what inserts i can use ,what car they were from,and how much shorter they are ,would be very helpful cheers

Monroe GT Gas - Short and Standard Strokes for up to an inch or so lower.

if they are 43.5mm front inserts like ae86 then id look at what the ae86 guys use,

theres a whole thread on it somewhere...

 

http://www.toymods.net/forums/showthread.php?t=299

I used Koni yellows in mine, but they were not short stroke. The part number is in my KE35 club racer thread.

 

I get the impression the KYB's are a good well priced option.

thanks guys,yeah had a read on the toy mods site,and some other sites,a bit vauge on details,

id love some konis but think the pricing gona put me off ,on a very tight budget on this build haha

so munroe actualy make a shorter stroke shock then? hmmm

just had a look at the munroe catalogue seems they only do a lowered/shorterstroke shock for fords and holdens :)

guess thats out then , ae86? shocks? any one got the measurements or can measure one for us??? can't seem to find a measurement chart anywhere for shocks , this is going to get tricky ............

This should be the information your after.

 

Front shock options.

 

XT130 and AE86 have the same strut tube diamiter amoung others. So ae86 inserts can fit xt130 struts.

Edited December 20, 200916 yr by Rolliac

This should be the information your after.

 

Front shock options.

 

XT130 and AE86 have the same strut tube diamiter amoung others. So ae86 inserts can fit xt130 struts.

 

 

EXCELLENT thanks alot rolliac thats what i was after ,looks to be a few options there also ,again cheers very helpful :dance:

Do you guys fill the strut with oil after you've put the shock in??

 

The few I've taken apart have been dry, which would not get rid of heat very well.

How much oil would you fill with to get adequate heat transfer? Surely not to the top?

jdm55 how low are you looking at going ? because i want to do front stru conversion so i can have some springs that are captured all the time.

I have a feeling if you want the height I'm looking for tyre level or in guard sort of thing ull need to cut the shocker casing shorter then get a shorter shock

How much oil would you fill with to get adequate heat transfer? Surely not to the top?

 

Yep! Most of the strut is filled with shock, so it only takes a few hundred ml of shock oil. Rob might remember how much, we did his recently.

Are you guys serious??

 

The oil you see inside a wet strut (ie standard Corolla strut) is the oil the strut is actually using to control bump and rebound. Its not for cooling., though that is a secondary effect.

 

If you put a new insert inside a strut housing, this oil/gas is contained within the strut insert. Adding oil to the top of this is pointless IMO.

It does exactly the same job-

 

If you put a shock inside a nice insulating metal cylinder where it doesn't touch the walls, how does it get rid of the heat that is generated in it's oil? You nice new insert will be worse off than your old wet shock!

 

The moment the shock oil heats up the shock loses its efficiency as the viscosity thins.

 

Does someone want to pour oil around ONE of their nice new shocks when they put them inside a strut and feel the temperature difference after a blast? ..or even a performance difference over a hard-working bumpy road?

Your nice new shock insert should be a snug fit inside the strut housing - touching the outer walls and transferring the heat. If it isn't you have the wrong one.