Turbo Minivan Wanted

[ajakeski]

Will these fit the OEM strut mount, or is something custom required?

[Pat]

Will these fit the OEM strut mount, or is something custom required?

Minor "machining" required. I've done it with an angle grinder successfully.

[wheming]

Lead on Pat!
I'm going to want to lower the front of Mini a bit.
I have minivan konis right now with HD springs. Little too much gap in the wheelwell but have not done anything about it yet.

[Vigo]

Lol, it's not the BOTTTOM of the travel, it's the TOP When the struts go to full extension it feels like a pair of sledgehammers just attacked the strut towers and are turning them into pulverized sheetsteel

Ok. Rebound bumpstops are either built into the strut body or they don't exist, so if your strut doesn't have them built in then you would have to fabricate something to add that function.

After looking at this, I think the SRT-4 Koni inserts could be a good fit for the minivans. All dimensions seem to align closely with those of the van struts

I made a thread in the suspension section years ago that had the measurements for most of the struts from other FWD dodges that 'could' be made to work. The 2g neon/srt front struts are very similar to the k-car front struts in most dimensions, BUT the neon upper strut mount places the top of the strut shaft way higher in the strut tower vs the k-car mount. So this is similar to what Alan was saying about moving the strut mount up in the strut tower somehow. The neon strut mount does that by design and can be used in a k-car if you enlarge the center hole to 3.5" and redrill a couple of the mounting holes.

However, if stock konis are mostly rebound adjustment and cranking that up makes it 'ride like crap' then im not sure a damper change is going to satisfy Queen Alan unless he switches to an insert that has a built in rebound bumpstop or 'jounce bumper'.

[shackwrrr]

For cheap I thought of drilling holes in the factory struts and draining the oil. Then filling them with 100w shock fluid. I have some 1/8npt to schrader fittings to refill them with nitrogen.

[ajakeski]

The struts settled in and the van sits level again, albeit higher all the way around than I would prefer. The ride is 100% better.

[2.216VTurbo]

Dogs love Mini's, every time I pull up to the Ex Wifes house her little Shi Tzu tries to jump in and go for a ride You need to find a LWB van that has rear air and install it for them like AJ did with his PHX AZ van

[cordes]

Dogs love Mini's, every time I pull up to the Ex Wifes house her little Shi Tzu tries to jump in and go for a ride You need to find a LWB van that has rear air and install it for them like AJ did with his PHX AZ van

My Neapolitan Mastiff wants one in the worst way.

[A.J.]

Dogs love Mini's, every time I pull up to the Ex Wifes house her little Shi Tzu tries to jump in and go for a ride You need to find a LWB van that has rear air and install it for them like AJ did with his PHX AZ van

http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/sh...ear+ac+install

[ajakeski]

Dogs love Mini's, every time I pull up to the Ex Wifes house her little Shi Tzu tries to jump in and go for a ride You need to find a LWB van that has rear air and install it for them like AJ did with his PHX AZ van

More parts to look for

[ajakeski]

Does anyone know the original spring rates or part numbers for front mini van coils? Before I put the original coils back on I would like to find a set of new springs that are closer to the height of the originals.

[shmedley]

Napa used to have a lot of spring info on their site a while ago.
Not sure if it's still on there though

[Rrider]

I'm also curious about stock rates. One set I got was noticeably softer than another.. would roll and bottom easily on dips while another set was way better.

Moog does quote rates on their replacements.. cc762 are .62" '114' pound rate. cc760 is .57" for '100' rate. I ended up using cc858 .65" diameter wire "142" rate. May have posted that already..
http://www.moog-suspension-parts.com...il_springs.asp

[ajakeski]

I have the MOOG struts with the cc762 springs. Too stiff and sits too high.

I'm going to put the original springs back on when I rebuild the front end.

[Johnny]

Here is another one in Oregon......

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/5613685841.html

[2.216VTurbo]

He can call it an ES but that doesn't make it so. Those are Not ES seats and every ES I've seen has Snowflakes... It does however have the tach in the cluster.

[wheming]

Also good to know you just "recharge the hatch hydraulics"...

[ajakeski]

Looks like a nice, clean van. ES or not (Alan's too picky)
It needs this decal in the rear window:

[ajakeski]

A van with snowflakes for Alan:

https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/5583445428.html

[going4speed]

why can I not find these deals...dang!