Somebody in NYC who is gonna be a Paps soon is also gonna have some beefy struts soon!

Hej Ozgur!

Got the bottoms of your struts ready for welding earsd on and made some nice stainless steel spacers to get the tops ready to use Sub-a-rat top mounts.
Made them so you can use the 14mm spacers above the mount and a washer below, or use the 14mm spacer below and the washer about.
This'll let you tune the overall length by 15mm.
I'll post piccies soon.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

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is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

cool cool cool!

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Now gotta decide what to do with the motor!
I am thinking now going the Wimpey way which is what you had suggested earlier. ABA OBD1 with a 16v head unless the guy in GA did not sell that nicely built (ready to assemble) 2lt block. I already have a 2lt 16v but it will require some rebuilding.
i am confused????

Decided i will run Subarat top mounts though

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rally gods would turn in their graves if they ever knew Lada's were now part of EU rallying!!!

John,

What's it take to run Subie top mounts in a VW?

dtompsett Wrote:
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> John,
>
> What's it take to run Subie top mounts in a VW?

Depends on the VW.
MkI= sawz-all the hole a bit bigger, drill three holes, get some spacers.

MkII= chop off truncated cone, sawz-all hole, drill 3 holes, get some spacers

$5, and failure of bearing is fixed

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

Spacers for between the spring hat and the bearing?

Which model subaru are you ordering for? I sure can't find one for $5 online. Best I can do is $45.

dtompsett Wrote:
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> Which model subaru are you ordering for? I sure
> can't find one for $5 online. Best I can do is
> $45.

You are underestimating John's cheapness. The $5 ones come off cars in the junkyard.

Tim

You're not serious are you???

I knew he was cheap... but I figured he'd atleast spring for new ones! Subaru's aren't very common in yards around here.

Fully serious. We've been running over 200K mile stock 95 Impreza top mounts on a turbo GC8 Impreza with DMS 50s for over three years.

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Grant Hughes

dtompsett Wrote:
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> You're not serious are you???

Seeriously, does it make any difference if a part is new or used or good or bad if I am serious or not?
Everything on a car is used as soon as...............you use it.

>
> I knew he was cheap... but I figured he'd atleast
> spring for new ones!
If the part is good, you spin off a couple or three bolts, stick your finger thru the bearing and giver 'er a spin, amd then make a decision---a judgement call, and decide if this big honking burly thing is worth $5,

or more properly: Is that crude disc of ex-beer can and 5 BBs that VAG calls a top mount worth risking an entry and tow on?



Subaru's aren't very common
> in yards around here.

You're mnot looking in the right yards, they must be common, everywhere is infested with farting elepahnts out here.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

One thing that I noticed on the suby top mounts is that some of the bearings dont have a sheild on the top half of it. And there are these little rubber plugs that are supposed to go in the center hole of the mount after everything is together to keep the top strut nut nice and shiny. Without that rubber cap the half sheilded bearings will injest gritties and generally start sucking at doing their job. So keep the rubber caps and check that the bearings have sheilds on both sides!

John,
Where my pics at?

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turoc Wrote:
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> John,
> Where my pics at?
I can't seem to upload piccies since the server took a dump and went down. 8(

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

Man the baby is almost here and look at what i am worried about????

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rally gods would turn in their graves if they ever knew Lada's were now part of EU rallying!!!