iDatto - its not really an issue for a street car, I didnt really didnt feel like forking out an extra $400 to have the shaft shortened, I bought the shortest stroke shaft they make for the struts but need one thats about 120mm out the top of the shock unit to be captive, Rarely if ever will it come uncaptive on the street, alot of modified cars drive around like this all the time without ever having issues. Most people can run the rims beside the springs, I had no option of doing this if I wished to have 195's on 6.5 inch rims actually fit under the guard, so the spring seat has to be above the wheel on the strut tube, meaning I had no option of shortening the strut. The springs only sit about 125mm high when captive and loaded. Also the top hat slips over the strut now as I lubed it so the spring does not not become uncaptive very often anymore the shock just hangs a little from the camber tops.
Anyways forgot to update here on Wednesday.
Got the motor sitting where I wanted it to be now. Sits alot lower in the engine bay, You can see on the turbo side of things there isnt much room. Inlet side clears booster quite well, and will be even better when I remove all the garbage from the manifold.
Generally alot cleaner in there now.
Hoping to have mounted radiator and cooler tomorrow aswell as cleaning up the crossmember and painting.




