[DeTomaso] Techno Question: deck struts/lifts

[Thomas Törnblom]

Here’s the cross reference from the Swedish club. 

http://www.detomaso.nu/korsreferens/parts/21420783.html

I’m using the Toyota struts with my winged GT5. 

> 13 jan. 2019 kl. 06:36 skrev Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>:
> 
>   Dear Chuck,
> 
>   This is one of those ambiguous questions where I fear asking 4 forum
>   members would get you 5 opinions! There is sticky on the PI forum that
>   contains 5 pages of decklid shock discussion, wading through that you
>   will deduce the following; For a non wing car an 88lbs force strut has
>   been verified by Strongarm and Autozone as correct for the application,
>   folks report using an Autozone Mighty-Lift D95004 106lbs force strut on
>   winged cars with success, albeit the cheap struts seem to fail with
>   regularity. The recommendation is to not go higher than 106lbs but if
>   you experience sag use a prop in the form of a piece of PVC tube with
>   one third cut out length wise to pop over the extended piston. There
>   are also small clamps in use but I personally think the piston rods are
>   susceptible to marring and then tear the seals on closure leading to
>   premature failure.
> 
>   The fulcrum that the stock mounting provides is less than ideal and
>   stresses the decklid. My GT5 (no wing) had no shocks for the longest
>   time as any and all those tried forced the deckild to catch the lip on
>   the roof and chip the paint, so I am now and advocate of and highly
>   recommend the IPSCO system that relocates the mounting points to a more
>   reasonable effort.
> 
>   [1]https://ipsco.org//Pantera%20Parts/Rear%20Deck%20Lid%20Shock%20Kit.h
>   tm
> 
>   Julian
>     __________________________________________________________________
> 
>   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
>   Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
>   Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2019 6:50 PM
>   To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>   Subject: [DeTomaso] Techno Question: deck struts/lifts
> 
>   Dear Forum,
> 
>                    Given all the activity from the great minds posting
>   tonight, I have an esoteric trivial question about the stock rear deck
>   struts or their modern replacements:
> 
>                               Does anyone have the specs for the proper
>   force
>   in Newtons (or any other unit) for deck struts on a stock deck and/or a
>   deck
>   with a spoiler?
> 
> 
>                                            Curious,  Chuck Engles
> 
> References
> 
>   1. https://ipsco.org//Pantera%20Parts/Rear%20Deck%20Lid%20Shock%20Kit.htm
> 
> 
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   Here's the cross reference from the Swedish club.

   [1]http://www.detomaso.nu/korsreferens/parts/21420783.html

   I'm using the Toyota struts with my winged GT5.

   13 jan. 2019 kl. 06:36 skrev Julian Kift <[2]julian_kift at hotmail.com>:

     Dear Chuck,
     This is one of those ambiguous questions where I fear asking 4 forum
     members would get you 5 opinions! There is sticky on the PI forum
   that
     contains 5 pages of decklid shock discussion, wading through that you
     will deduce the following; For a non wing car an 88lbs force strut
   has
     been verified by Strongarm and Autozone as correct for the
   application,
     folks report using an Autozone Mighty-Lift D95004 106lbs force strut
   on
     winged cars with success, albeit the cheap struts seem to fail with
     regularity. The recommendation is to not go higher than 106lbs but if
     you experience sag use a prop in the form of a piece of PVC tube with
     one third cut out length wise to pop over the extended piston. There
     are also small clamps in use but I personally think the piston rods
   are
     susceptible to marring and then tear the seals on closure leading to
     premature failure.
     The fulcrum that the stock mounting provides is less than ideal and
     stresses the decklid. My GT5 (no wing) had no shocks for the longest
     time as any and all those tried forced the deckild to catch the lip
   on
     the roof and chip the paint, so I am now and advocate of and highly
     recommend the IPSCO system that relocates the mounting points to a
   more
     reasonable effort.
     [1][3]https://ipsco.org//Pantera%20Parts/Rear%20Deck%20Lid%20Shock%20
   Kit.h
     tm
     Julian
       __________________________________________________________________
     From: DeTomaso <[4]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
   behalf of
     Charles Engles <[5]cengles at cox.net>
     Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2019 6:50 PM
     To: [6]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
     Subject: [DeTomaso] Techno Question: deck struts/lifts
     Dear Forum,
                      Given all the activity from the great minds posting
     tonight, I have an esoteric trivial question about the stock rear
   deck
     struts or their modern replacements:
                                 Does anyone have the specs for the proper
     force
     in Newtons (or any other unit) for deck struts on a stock deck and/or
   a
     deck
     with a spoiler?
                                              Curious,  Chuck Engles
   References
     1.
   [7]https://ipsco.org//Pantera%20Parts/Rear%20Deck%20Lid%20Shock%20Kit.h
   tm
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References

   1. http://www.detomaso.nu/korsreferens/parts/21420783.html
   2. mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
   3. https://ipsco.org//Pantera%20Parts/Rear%20Deck%20Lid%20Shock%20Kit.h
   4. mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com
   5. mailto:cengles at cox.net
   6. mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   7. https://ipsco.org//Pantera%20Parts/Rear%20Deck%20Lid%20Shock%20Kit.htm
   8. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   9. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso