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Post  bruno on May 11th 2011, 4:46 pm

what is the next level or quality i can get for the front struts of my stang ? i have strange adjustables right now .....

what is the pecking order on struts ?

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Post  res0rli9 on May 11th 2011, 5:14 pm

Well there's a peck-peck here and a peck-peck there and a, OH! that was old McDonald. But he did have a pecking order Razz

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Post  richter69 on May 11th 2011, 5:16 pm

Santhuff is the best, the Strange are ok, but will go away after awhile..........at least ours did.


...........or put the damn bars on and just put the spurs to the bitch.......... Wink

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Post  DILLIGASDAVE on May 11th 2011, 6:03 pm

Don't know if it's still true but in the past I have heard some of the Fox body guys say that the QA1/AVO/Hall (or whatever) Fox struts are worse than the Strange Fox stuff as far as sealing/leaking/life span is concerned. But they might be better these days than they were in the past. The Strange Fox struts are usually priced in a range that even if they do eventually go bad, replacing them isn't too big a wallet hit.

On the subject of adjusting/limiting the struts vs adding wheelie bars I will say that on some super hard leaving/big torque cars (that can actually pull the front tires straight up-out of the staging beams hard), a racer might not always see as much of a calming effect from tighting up the valving/limiting the travel. In these situations with enough power & the right amount of inital hit the front end is comming up fast even with the struts tight and/or limited. It just depends on the total combo & type of race car.

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Post  whatbumper on May 11th 2011, 10:03 pm

i have had very good luck with QA1 and will be using them again on the new car if we decide to not go spindle mount and then will be using Santhuffs. We are rebuilding the QA1's since the rods are bent in both of them but they will be like new. I hear that the Santhuffs don't need limiters and they are made in Texas so that is two very good things right there.

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Post  DILLIGASDAVE on May 12th 2011, 4:50 am

whatbumper wrote:.......I hear that the Santhuffs don't need limiters..........

I know Santhuff makes full chassis struts in a few different short travel lengths. Maybe they offer a few different travel lengths for the Mustang stuff too.

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Post  bruno on May 12th 2011, 5:04 pm

thxs guys for the input im going to get a set of these


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Post  cool40 on May 12th 2011, 5:50 pm

them^^look $$$nice!

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Post  jbozzelle on May 14th 2011, 7:50 pm

Afco makes struts too.

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Post  605FOX on May 18th 2011, 8:09 am

bruno wrote:thxs guys for the input im going to get a set of these



we use there stuff on both of our cars

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Post  jbozzelle on May 20th 2011, 1:53 pm

jbozzelle wrote:Afco makes struts too.



I think the Afcos only come in the 90/10 variety though.

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Post  Doug Rahn on May 28th 2011, 8:57 pm

bruno wrote:thxs guys for the input im going to get a set of these



Nick, if I where going to spend that kind of money for struts, I would just go ahead and pop for their set with the spindles and save the weight over the stock stuff. One day I will, if I can find one of those mason jars Mikey says I have buried in the back yard, Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing .


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Post  bruno on May 28th 2011, 9:21 pm

invite me over i will help dig Laughing

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Post  Doug Rahn on May 28th 2011, 9:25 pm

I think Mikey knows where they are, he just ain't talkin' Laughing Laughing !

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Post  jsracing on May 31st 2011, 12:58 am

richter69 wrote:Santhuff is the best, the Strange are ok, but will go away after awhile..........at least ours did.


...........or put the damn bars on and just put the spurs to the bitch.......... Wink


santhuff struts out front, Koni electric out back.

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