Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Advanced Suspension Mods

Collapse
This is a sticky topic.
X
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Dragonhealer
    replied
    Tom, there is a special place in.......reserved for people that smart
    and you did that in YOUR HEAD ?????

    Leave a comment:


  • TominMO
    replied
    Originally posted by reddragon View Post
    That part is fine. It's more the conversion from decimal back to 1/64ths. I'm pretty sure you need a Sumerian abacus to do that.
    Nope, that's easy too. Multiply mm by 2.527 to get 64ths of an inch (or just 2.53 for a close estimation).

    Here's why:
    1 inch = 64/64ths inch = 25.4mm*, all interchangeable for math purposes

    So, to convert 38mm to 64ths of an inch:
    38mm / 25.4mm = 1.496 inches (call it 1.5)
    64 x 1.5 = 96.0
    So 38mm = 96 64ths of an inch, because 1.5" = 96/64

    So, using the shortcut:
    38mm x 2.53 = 96.14, or 96.1 (remember this is .03 high)
    So 38mm = 96.1/64ths; or 96/64ths, i.e. 1.5 inches

    What I would do if I wanted to get it exact and had to multiply it in my head is this:
    Multiply mm by 2.5 to get close, (38 x 2.5 = 38 + 38 + 19 = 95)
    then multiply the mm by 1%, (38 x .01 = .38 )
    triple that, (.38 x 3 = 1.14)
    then add it to the result of the first answer. (95 + 1.14 = 96.14)

    * slightly inaccurate
    Last edited by TominMO; 01-18-2017, 07:24 PM.

    Leave a comment:


  • Dragonhealer
    replied
    Originally posted by reddragon View Post
    Compressed 480mm
    Extended 685mm
    Strut diameter 38mm

    Thats from centre of lower mount, to end of shaft. So take off 30mm, and that should be about where top nuts retain upper washer.
    I'm not much good at converting mm back to inches, I should get one of those tape measures that has both!
    Thank You Sir!

    Leave a comment:


  • reddragon
    replied
    Originally posted by TominMO View Post
    Not super-difficult, divide by 25.4, or just 25 for ballpark numbers.
    That part is fine. It's more the conversion from decimal back to 1/64ths. I'm pretty sure you need a Sumerian abacus to do that.

    Leave a comment:


  • ryanprins13
    replied
    Originally posted by reddragon View Post
    I'm not much good at converting mm back to inches, I should get one of those tape measures that has both!
    I cant think in mm, always need to convert it to inches. Just like i cant think in celcius above 40c but farenhight means nothing to me below 105.
    I have started using a unit converter app on my phone a lot since joining this site. Im starting to get a rough idea of how fast mph is now after a year and a half...
    The coolest tape measures are the ones that are already in fractions for the inch side.



    Sent from my SM-G920W8 using Tapatalk

    Leave a comment:


  • TominMO
    replied
    Originally posted by reddragon View Post
    Compressed 480mm
    Extended 685mm
    Strut diameter 38mm

    Thats from centre of lower mount, to end of shaft. So take off 30mm, and that should be about where top nuts retain upper washer.
    I'm not much good at converting mm back to inches, I should get one of those tape measures that has both!
    Not super-difficult, divide by 25.4, or just 25 for ballpark numbers.

    Leave a comment:


  • reddragon
    replied
    Originally posted by Dragonhealer View Post
    Wonderfull! Can you shoot me the same dimensions off of the Demio shock? Am looking for an up grade for the 2012 Mazda2.
    Compressed 480mm
    Extended 685mm
    Strut diameter 38mm

    Thats from centre of lower mount, to end of shaft. So take off 30mm, and that should be about where top nuts retain upper washer.
    I'm not much good at converting mm back to inches, I should get one of those tape measures that has both!
    Last edited by reddragon; 01-17-2017, 11:43 PM.

    Leave a comment:


  • Dragonhealer
    replied
    Originally posted by reddragon View Post
    Cheers mate, it gives me a base to work off - I'm messing around with struts off a '99 Demio, will see if I can modify them to similar dimensions.
    Wonderfull! Can you shoot me the same dimensions off of the Demio shock? Am looking for an up grade for the 2012 Mazda2.

    Leave a comment:


  • reddragon
    replied
    Cheers mate, it gives me a base to work off - I'm messing around with struts off a '99 Demio, will see if I can modify them to similar dimensions.

    Leave a comment:


  • Dragonhealer
    replied
    "Top of the thread" is a little ambiguous, but if you mean where the last two nuts retain the upper washer;
    16 inches compressed / 24-3/16 inches extended, approximately, used a tape measure.
    Last edited by Dragonhealer; 01-17-2017, 08:10 AM.

    Leave a comment:


  • reddragon
    replied
    Would anyone have, or be able to take, some measurements of the the mk1 rear struts?

    compressed length (measured from the centre of lower bolt, to top of thread)
    extended length (measured as above)

    Leave a comment:


  • Festiver
    replied
    Originally posted by Advancedynamix View Post
    Had to dig back a little bit, but the answer was right here in this thread.
    My steel hats were powder coated and the aluminum hats were hard anodized. I don't think steel can be hard anodized. I have made some which were zinc coated though, which is similar to hard anodize.
    Oh didn't even see it thank you so much though

    Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

    Leave a comment:


  • Advancedynamix
    replied
    Originally posted by william View Post
    I have a guy that was gunna make me some like I got off ebay but there much thicker.
    Is there an advantage to them being thin other than the car sitting a half inch lower?
    Here's what the one I bought looks like.


    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk
    The thin ones were my early design for the Festiva/Aspire KYB shocks with shortened shafts. The thick ones work better on the MK1 VW KYB shocks. That's the latest design.

    Leave a comment:


  • wwwdotgov
    replied
    I would love some spring hats if somebody would make a batch.

    Leave a comment:


  • william
    replied
    I have a guy that was gunna make me some like I got off ebay but there much thicker.
    Is there an advantage to them being thin other than the car sitting a half inch lower?
    Here's what the one I bought looks like.


    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk
    Last edited by william; 01-08-2017, 12:19 PM.

    Leave a comment:

Working...