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    Good morning. I was actually thinking about this yesterday in preparation for this weeks work, and once the gearbox is mated and that engine/gearbox installed access should still be pretty good for all the other ancillaries, right? Easy enough to get the brake booster and master cylinder installed after the engine sent? Thank you and hope everybody had a good weekend.
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    Thanks @Ian , think I am just going to wait. I appreciate you reaching out however
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    Sounds like they are trying to catch up. Some patience here given what is happening in the world is probably a good thing from my side.... (that said, I have a car to build!)
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    Ordered Koni yellows from Tire Rack, they are showing 7/15 delivery. Anyone want to put money on them showing up?
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    Thanks @reyes02 Good to hear that you like them.
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    Thanks @tomphot - will call them tomorrow, they don’t show if it actually is/isn’t in stock. Thanks for the lead.
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    Hi @2002Targa - Pretty sure it is a Harbor Freight one, works well but kind of a battleship.
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    So after doing a bunch of calling around the Koni’s are not available now and apparently neither are Boge. Looks like I am going to be doing this job twice. BTW - looks like the Suspension Techniques 22/19 sway bars are also out of stock .
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    Thanks gentlemen, will try to track done some Koni's
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    Oh - well that would be a kick in a certain part of my anatomy. Koni options show on back order from Summit too.
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    Thanks for the discussion. @NYNick - I need the car up and running, trying to avoid doing things twice and spending money twice but have some time pressure to get the Tii running and driving. SOP is to do all four in the same series/spec/manufacturer (as I am sure pretty much everyone does but I makes me sound like I am slightly less clueless to actually write it out, so there it is).
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    Let us know Steve, hope it works out.
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    It looks like Bilsteins are supposed to be available again sometime in August, but I don’t think that’s definitive. I checked and I don’t seem to be a lot of options other than KYB which, at least in the Porsche 914 community, people would rather drink razor blades than use. Go with Koni yellow or cross my fingers for August? What would you all do? Hope it was a good day for everyone.
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    Hi Steve. Federal regulations change the 1974 and in response many manufacturers simply raised the ride height of their cars for the USA market. Some manufacturers, and I’m not gonna name names but they’re British, only raise the front of the car and left the back alone so you had a reverse rake as they were shipped from the factory.
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    Ah - I think I am OK there. Phew! Thank you for the response and piece of mind.
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    When I went to loose fit the urethane steering coupler to replace my parish rubber one I was a bit surprised to find that the steering column has quite a bit of play in it and they can rotate it before 360° against the opening. I can move the shaft up/down and left/right freely inside the “tube” it goes into. Is that normal or so I have a perished bushing in there? Subframe and the struts assemblies are out to get the bushings pressed out so I can install new urethane ones I picked up from Ireland... Thanks!
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    Thanks for all of the responses. i am using the period funky alloy wheels the car came with, so 185/70/13s. Any issues with tire rub there? Thanks for the picture @Vicleonardo1
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    I’d really like to avoid having to drop the sub frame again, but I suppose I have to just suck it up and get these installed and give it a try
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    Hi, thanks for the response. I was planning on refreshing the struts while I have everything apart, but hadn’t considered that those would have any significant impact on the ride height. Do I need to rethink that? Picture above is how she sat before I started removing everything (Engine is still installed in that side on picture)
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    I assume stock but I honestly don’t know.
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    Thank you for the response, it was a bit eye-opening to see the difference in uncompressed height. It doesn’t look like these ST ones were cut so maybe the coil’s are just, as you suggested, stiffer and will compress less.
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    Designer Kirk Land, got it. Grin. ST in green on the left, quite a bit shorter.
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    Thanks @mike
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    Ah - got it now. So between this and the ST springs I will be around 1 inch lower?
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