A Matter of inches

[Fostin510]

So I recently did a front strut swap from original 510 to 280ZX. Question is; Where is the best spot to reattach to 510's lower spring perches to? How far from the bottom of the strut?

Thanks

[Dguy210]

15 minutes ago, Fostin510 said:

So I recently did a front strut swap from original 510 to 280ZX. Question is; Where is the best spot to reattach to 510's lower spring perches to? How far from the bottom of the strut?

Thanks

 

Depends on a lot of a factors, such as what springs you are using and what ride height you want and the inserts you used in the 280zx struts. Get a 50mm (or 2") split shaft collar and you can mount that on the strut and adjust where the cup sits easily. Most likely you want it for starters about where the original strut cups were and it is pretty easy to adjust later if you want (ignore the coilovers in the pic on my 510). I run the 280zx struts on my B210 also and the stock spot works just fine with a stock cup and mildly shortened springs. 

Edited December 31, 2024 by Dguy210

[Icehouse]

Are you going to run the stock 510 spring perch?  If so I mount the wheel that I'm going to run on the rig and give it 1/2" of clearance and weld it on.  

[banzai510(hainz)]

iCehouse did mine. mine was 510 struts but they want a more pos rim plus 25mm. which could hit perch if too low. Jeff welded a t3 set up in original weld spot. But he said get 7in tall spring. To slam it down better.Key is what wheels you have or going to have.

[Fostin510]

Will that collar actually work? Seems sketchy. I guess I could use it as a test and adjust from there. Thanks 🙂

[Dguy210]

51 minutes ago, Fostin510 said:

Will that collar actually work? Seems sketchy. I guess I could use it as a test and adjust from there. Thanks 🙂

Collar works fine as long as you get a dual style. Been used by many other people successfully. 

[datzenmike]

The ones I have were rated to hold 6,000 pounds or 3 tons each. That's almost  2 1/4 710s per wheel. Just for peace of mind, after I got them where I wanted, I MIG'd a small tack under each so no way they can slip down.