Pics of S13 susp into AE86 and RA23 fitment

[EVOSTi]

you dont use the ra40 tie rod end because its a poor fit. yes it 'fits' but the taper isnt the same.

[Wezelton]

The R32 caliper from hand is slightly lighter than the ra60/5 calipers i have both..

[TurboRA28]

evosti, did you get to try fitting the TS magna balljoint to the ae86 control arm?

[EVOSTi]

yes, the TS magna balljoint is a FRACTION bigger than the ae86 BJ where it presses in, but you can get it in if you either grind a taper at the edge at the bottom (would not compromise the BJ whatsoever) or if you put the BJ in the freezer and heat up the LCA.

[TurboRA28]

Do you happen to know what kind of camber you end up with, with the ae86 control arm?

[TA-022]

where can we get some cheap crap std susp. all this talk ... I WANNA SEE FITMENT!

ive got the donor shell in the gargae at home for trialling.

*can also supply beers *

[TurboRA28]

Don't usually see S13's at pick n pay

[Hen]

TA-022 - using standard stuff will probably be a problem too. S13 standard spring perches are huge and unlikely to fit in your strut towers (at least in an AE86). So either custom perches or coilovers are required.

I'd love to have some more fitment photos, but other priorities (such as staying employed and fixing my folks' van) have moved to the fore.

Hen

[Lambolica]

I'm tossing up doing S13 into RA28 and would like to have a go, I'm tossing up ATM as to weather I'll get the cheapest nastiest Coilovers I can find for testing, or committing to the cause by purchasing good units and "making" it work.

Cheers
Simon

[TurboRA28]

Yeah i'm in this same mindset.

I think maybe use standard S13 gear, but remove the spring and perch. You don't really need those for testing.

it is the control arm/balljoint area that most the testing will be done on i imagine.

[Lambolica]

Yeah... I guess you are going to require the S13 hub/brakes and stuff, so finding a set of stock uprights may well be a good starting point. Then swap the standard strut up right for a Coilover at a later date.

How many S13 front cuts are you likely to find in Aust?


Cheers
Simon

[Wezelton]

There would be heaps of datus halfcuts and stuff, alot of import places will have stuff like that. If you just on nissansilvia.com you could post up a wanted ad, just remember how many people would upgrade there brakes and suspension. Plenty of 4 stud hubs get thrown out along with the pissy brakes. If anyone is local (qld sunshine coast) i can get hold of some stock struts no worries, pm me. Although im tempted to get it for my self for a later day project

[EVOSTi]

i have all the parts ready to go and as soon as i put it all in ive been planning on writing an in depth tech article. the only thing holding me back right now is the shock inserts in my coilovers, i have cusco coilovers with inserts that have a 300mm body length. the only inserts that length are koni's @ $500 EACH. i could use the inserts that are in them but they were noisy on the previous car, and are to suite a 9kg/mm spring, i plan to use somewhere around the 3.5kg/mm mark.

in regards to the camber when using standard arms, i did a quick trial fitting on my ae71 rolla, but that was with standard balljoint, i only bolted it in on one side just to check how it sat. with the camber plates set to zero i have prob 1 degree maybe of pos camber, i moved it all the way to neg and i had a bit of neg camber. on top of this my camber plates can be unbolted and bolted back together kinda 'offset' allowing for even more camber adjustment.
so anyway, with the bits roughly bolted together withthe standard length arm, suitable camber can be achieved, and just by looking at it, i didnt lose much if any front track.

[brett_celicacoupe]

check out these ones guys....

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/JIC-FLT-A2-Co...QQcmdZViewItem

shame the rears are there as well

[TurboRA28]

mmmm see thats all the more reason to go a s13 setup. awesome selection of shocks, brakes, pads etc