boosted280 Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 No i read that i was talking to the one who made his own. He said it required machining. So the tockicos dont offer performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S130Z Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Oh ok. The Tockicos will offer performance, what he was saying was a coilover kit wall perform at a higher level. If you don't go with the Modern Motorsports kit, then you might have some fab/machineing to do. This is Slownrusty's pictoral of his setup. http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/1188927 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted280 Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Thank you for your help. I am postponing all work until i get the engine situation fixed. Maybe 350 swap. Just trying to figure out the cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S130Z Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Is your car a turbo or N/A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted280 Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 n/a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurePontiacKid Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Hey Yasin, about how much up travel (like from sitting, to fully compressed) did your car have when you had it slammed all the way down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S130Z Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 n/a I was planning a 350 swap just a few days ago. Then something came over me and I changed my mind to doing a turbo swap. If you do the math, the turbo swap is cheaper and easier to to. I just got hooked on boost, and that's what I would advise for a turbo swap. You can make nice numbers out of a stock turbo long block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Hey Yasin, about how much up travel (like from sitting, to fully compressed) did your car have when you had it slammed all the way down? The travel was probably acceptable, but the ride was terrible and the car sat so low I was worried about damaging the lower parts of the body not to mention the oil pan etc.. A low car is great but for our aging, pot-hole, rutty roads it needs to be practical. This the extent of the welding required for the front, it is a steel sleeve welded on the strut tubes to support the threaded collar of the coilover. This was my first take...it was way too high: So had to go back cut them out and re-do them to the height sown in the above pic. The spring perches on the rear have to completely cut out. Here is my ultra rare and amazing Tokico ProDraG from Japan that I am using currently: Rear coilover sleeve: This sleeve was made from all exhaust tubing. You can see the length of the entire sleeve is a hair under 10" in length. I originally made the first sleeve only 5.5" in length and the car still sat too high, so this sleeve you see here is my actual second attempt. I did not take any chances hence the 10" length - size in this case does matter! At the bottom of the sleeve is the collar that the threaded sleeve will sit on and it is only a 0.25" larger in diameter - large enough to fit over the 10" sleeve but small enough for the threaded sleeve to butt up against - are you still with me? On the top of this 10" sleeve is a large washer bought from Home Depot and welded in place. I had to drill the washer out a bit larger so that the piston on the strut could pass through it without getting hung up on it. So if you think about it the weight of the car will be resting on this 80cent Home Depot washer - sounds precarious but there is a very strong weld holding it all together and so far I have had no problems with it. So this piece will fit over the top of the strut. Regards, Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurePontiacKid Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 OH, I get it now, I think... for the rears, the red tube simply slides over the strut itself, and isn't bolted down anywhere, correct? and then you just used the same coilover setup as the fronts, too, right? Thanks for the insight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrariferg Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I'm still tossing around the idea of making coilovers or getting the tokico kit as well. I'm starting to think I should just go with coilovers so I wont want to change later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zx_drift Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 We're now selling complete Coilover kits (straight bolt in) for S130's. Go to parts for sale section and search "280ZX Coilovers" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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