ecotec swap (Page 70/98) wftb FEB 19, 08:59 AM I have been a little slack in showing pics of the strut adapter .It is all done except the lower coilover mount and some grinding to round off some edges that may cause a tear in the grease boot .I am using photo bucket now because everything is done with a mac now and PIP does not work with mac .And I can't figure out how to post more than one pic per post .The adaptor was made with 2 side plates of 1/8 " plate and a top and bottom plate that frames a 3/8" wall tube that was step drilled and then finished off with a taper reamer .The ball joint is directly in front of the stub near the top of the stub .I will post some pics of the adaptor as it is now . wftb FEB 19, 09:07 AM wftb FEB 19, 09:13 AM These adapters are very easy to make , so if it does not work as planned a different version will be made. wftb FEB 19, 07:17 PM The slotted upper arm mounts are tacked in place now .Kind of a "heavy tack " so they won't pop off while I move them up and down .So far so good .There is 6" of travel lock to lock and more will be had once I do some clearancing on the bumpsteer bracket .A little bit of binding in full droop the way it is now .The lower strut adapter hole is going to get slotted so I can optimize the ball joint angle without changing camber .These changes should result in about 8" of free travel .That way nothing will be able to come to a hard stop at either extreme of jounce and rebound . zkhennings FEB 20, 08:57 AM Looking good! I was a little skeptical at first from your original arrangement but it came out very nice! Good work wftb FEB 20, 10:51 AM Thank you . I just jacked it up and down with my dial protractor on the disc and it shows about 2.5 degrees of negative camber gain from ride height to full compression with the car sitting level . Better than I thought it would come out at .I have not checked toe change yet . wftb FEB 24, 11:27 AM Wheel sitting in place at old ride height .All clearances are good so far , have to crawl in behind so I can watch the ball joint to make sure it does not contact the tire on the way up and down . wftb FEB 24, 11:31 AM Showing clearance to wheel at bumpsteer bracket .I use 16" wheels , might be enough room to run 15's but I do not have one to try . wftb FEB 24, 11:35 AM View from above looking down at the arm mount . wftb FEB 24, 04:20 PM So I think I am close to having a workable bracket for the shock mount .First a couple of plates were drilled and bolted on and moved around until they could move up and down without interference between the shock , arms and frame .Then the plates were cut and welded to the ball joint adapters .Also managed to check for ball joint to tire clearance and everything is good there .You can look through the strut mounting hole and check it , very easy .