Superstrut Conversion onto a UK202 Options

[nix]

Heya,

I've been wondering about doing this conversion for a while now... I have a complete SSII sat in my drive. The Mcpherson on my car is in need of some TLC and thought i'd give transplanting it off the doner a go instead.

Just wondering if someone can help me with a few things. Most information out there seems to be going the other way, from SS to McP.

I've heard mixed things on if i need to remove the whole steering rack and put that in as well, some people seem to say the tie rods are shorter on the SS setup. Just from looking at it i can't really see a big difference.

Also looking to slap the twin pots onto the front, guessing that will go with no issues?

The only thing that concerns me is the spline on the driveshafts, do i need to use the shafts from the old car as well?

Thanks for any help you can give me, feel free to call me mad for wanting to do this as well.

-nix

[nsxtypeR]

In order to make everything from the ss setup fit, you'll need to make custom driveshafts. The shaft on a ss is slightly bigger then mcpherson, so it will not fit in the "normal" hubs. Other option is the complete ss setup with axles and e56 gearbox. If you go that way, the twin piston calipers are a bolt- on job.

[Edophus]

if its a 94 ss2 then it most likely has the e56 geabox?. if so yeah you will need to take that gearbox with you and use the driveshafts and hubs, calipers, subframe, steering rack, arb probably easist just to transfer the lot, i'm not sure what the lock to lock is on a uk st202, but on the superstrut models it is 2.4 turns lock to lock so is quite a nice quick rack, you might also need to take the flywheel/clutch from the donor car to match the e56, or at least the clutch plate as the splines on the input shaft are different. if you keep an s54 box you'd probably need the drive shafts from a superstrut ss2 or ss3 that had the s54 gearbox.

This post has been edited by Edophus: Jan 21, 2011 - 9:27 AM