Strut Housing Needed

[Mike Mackaman]

Oh, those are the super trick, light weight illegal ones that the fast guys use!!!

Back to reality
The 240 and early 260 housings are just a couple thousanths over 2". The late 260 and 280 housing are like 2.16x". The Koni's require the larger housings. You need a late 260 or 280 housing. I had to make all new ones when I changed from Carrera to Koni a few years ago.

Mike

[jrvisual]

Thanks for the info Mike. The strange thing is the strut tubes that are on the front of Ron's 260, which I know koni's fit, are from an early 260z, mine. He needed mine last year and now that I am building my car we need to replace them.

So I guess we better have them measured before we buy.

[mom'sZ]

The 240 and early 260 housings are just a couple thousanths over 2". The late 260 and 280 housing are like 2.16x".

This is my recollection as well. There are two sizes for the first gen Zcars. The 240s are smaller, 280s bigger. 260s are one or the other depending on if late or early 260

The Koni's require the larger housings. You need a late 260 or 280 housing.

This I'm not so sure about. Although my car is a 280 (so I have no direct knowledge) I'm almost positive the Koni can fit in the earlier 240 (smaller) housing. To make it fit you definitly need to sand all the paint off the outside of the insert. If the inside of the housing is crusty, it would need cleaned up as well. It is a tight fit, where as in the 280 housing, there is plenty of room. I seem to recall John Coffey (sp?) posting pictures on hybridZ dot org showing him installing them in a 240 housing.