Benny, working for a car dealer, long ago, I really learned how valuable a "creative" parts person can be; FIAT was my brand, shipping vast quantities of spare parts and warehousing them wasn't in that plan. the guys down in our parts dept were fantastic, finding analogues and usable replacement parts from other sources- six weeks was a minimum turnaround time for parts not already in country (90% of the time). Parts people who really work those vast catalogs of info about the parts and write their own "A is used by car Z, but under another name , this part is also used in car B and common" list. Having serviced Datsuns, later Nissans in the '70s, I always wondered when somebody would make a line of strut parts that would let you build almost any strut or coil over type device; I am still waiting. Great to see you in the hunt! Expect great results!
In the late 70's early 80's Mitsubishi gave Police in SA some factory turbo charged Sigma's. These were unmarked and did go! Not sure what happened in the end. I enjoy the videos, thanks Cheers
@@BennysCustomWorks my first car was one of those. 81' GH Turbo Sigma. Only 500 ever made, It was a joint colab with Garret, TO3 with 42mm external gate, cast manifolds on a 2L Astron. It was a blow thru carby system with a vac advance/pressure retard dissy. I loved that car, rebuilt engine twice. It was all unknown stuff in those days. Nobody wanted to touch it. years later people converted them to efi and were getting into 11s. One guy used to run a club car at lakeside. Its biggest claim to fame was it's role as the heroin dealers car in underbelly. They only came in 2 tone, silver n black, red n black, blue n black. Had mine for nine years, wasted many a V8 in it, lots of fun.
ROTFL! "cold start" LOL...I don't think we share the same definition of that term. Thanks for another video Benny! Even though I had never heard of a Sigma, it was still enjoyable.I need to do something like this with my dodge spirit r/t.
@@BennysCustomWorks Understood! I am am from Minnesota, USA. We like to see snow on the ground for cold starts. Just had to pull your chain a little. Thanks again for the videos. I love the Cresta and I want a turbo barra something fierce! Unfortunately, they are like 4cyl turbo diesel 4wd's here and are unobtanium.
Watching this video for inspiration on a conversion I'm about to do. You're getting inserts for a SV21 Camry, and the project I'm converting is a SV25 (AllTrac) Camry! I'm using ST185 front inserts up front and SW20 MR2 front inserts on the rear.
Still say my 79 scorpion was one of the best car I've owned. A truck went through a stop sign and wiped out the whole front. Still piss off about that 28 years later.
so nice to see a actualy quality channel do one of these!! (im doing a little build on mine with a 77 LB Lancer, but also completely clueless on what im doing) and can 100% agree on the difficulty of finding front shocks, took me about 3 months going back and forth from shops all over the country to find some. Have heard that s13 silvia front end is a pretty close swap over. from memory on a very very old forum. the only change was drilling holes for the strut top. so you can then get things like adjustable control, more "tuneable" coilovers, bigger brakes/caliper.
@@BennysCustomWorks ahh yeh fair enough. for someone who hasn't invested in a wheel set up yet. you think it might be worth it? not going big power on mine, more just wanting it to take the back roads really well
Just in case this helps you. Cusco still makes camber plates for the 1980s Era Lancer Turbo. Most Mitsubishi mounts are very similar so I was able to use the Lancer Turbo camber plates in my older Colt Lancer and only had to drill and tap two new holes to convert the stud pattern of the upper mount. (I could be wrong about this next part) but I seem to remember that Sigma struts are supposed to be a bolt in upgrade for the Colt Lancer so there's a chance the same camber plates will work for you with very minimal modification.
@@BennysCustomWorks found the link for you... www.cusco.co.jp/search/en/index/detail/?make=MITSUBISHI&car=Lancer&chassis=A175A&impreza=&category=susparts
At the risk of sounding like a comment section know it all, if you ever need to Google it etc, the main top retaining nut for the insert on a shock tube is called a "gland nut".
Camira inserts or early commodore go into early sigma struts after your shorten the legs for more travel when lowered. I've got custom GH green leg struts in my GC Galant with Camira inserts, adjustable coil overs and custom camber/castor adjustable top hats
Here in the uk when modding escort mk1/2 struts we also add a 3mm gusset to the bottom of the strut to the hub assembley both sides of the strut. An old rally car mod.
6 cyl BMW E30 front strut are 51mm too and there are weld on coilover conversion kits available you could have used too. Too late now but it may still be an interesting bit of information for later...'
Those sigma look like the datsun 200b struts too benny. The pbr calipers and all except where they mount to ball joint. If you want lower tham Camry, z31 300zx work abd aw11 mr2 rear shocks ;)
Good work but you went about it the hard way. By using GH front struts (they are a direct bolt in) and are 53mm so much easier to find weld on sleeves. As for inserts, if you have GH struts you can use VB-K Commodore inserts or Camira inserts are the same but shorter. Adjustable strut tops are available from K-Mac
@Benny's Custom Works if you are wanting something adjustable I've has a few sv21 camry, and mr2 rear shocks fit in the factory camry strut tube and. kyb still makes a 4 way adjustable shock for the sw20 mr2.
Most struts from this era are very similar. Just like most struts from today are similar. This is good because there are plenty of companies that make coilover conversions for that style. Techno Toy Tuning is a prominent name, but Datsport in Australia could probably help you as well. I'm sure there are many others, but I'm mostly into classic Datsuns, so that's where my knowledge lies.
Also you can use the GH sigma front struts with the bigger calipers that run the db1085 brake pads same as commodore they fit straight in must use the GH brake hoses tho
Nice- I used some flat wound helper springs to keep a little preload on the main spring so it didn’t flop around at full droop with no weight on the front
51mm strut tube width? thats the same as AE86, we use ST185 Celica inserts in our front coilovers setups, I choose the adjustable Bilstein's and shortened the strut by 50mm in length
I don't know if 51mm struts are rare in the car industry (or were because I don't think anyone use this setup today). My e30 bimmers are 51mm struts, it's the same design. Shock insert in the strut. There were 2 sizes, 45mm for base models, and 51mm for 325i, diesels and Touring if I remember. The Sigma reminds me a lot of my dad's Galant, kids memories!
You could run a spacer between the sv21 shock insert and your standard gland nut, saves you some work in welding and it's what Celica guys do when lowering and using those inserts.
@@BennysCustomWorks oh damn, sigma must be a much taller vehicle than the Celica as we only need 20mm spacers, that or the strut body is much longer in your case.
Welding into a thread can cause stress fractures. You should always remove threads before welding them. I was taught this by a Mechanical integrity specialist years ago.
Hey mate I’ve had two sigmas both I shoe horned a RB30 turbo in it google it should pop up many years ago haha 😂 making me think I should build another one.
Does Al have an L300 4x4 van around Benny? I used an diff out of one and cut it down to fit into my scorpion as an LSD, bonus it came with disc brakes so I got a rear disc brake upgrade at the same time 😁😁
Love this video.... So your shock insert type will depend on its travel that will fit into the cut shock piping? And you cut off the piping from what ever measurement your trying to achieve from the middle of the guard to the top of the tyre. Making sure that measurement is set equally with the weld as the centre? Is that correct or even make any sense ?lol I'd love to try this as a fun project. Even though I could probably just go get some BC racing coils to fit my car already. I wonder if any machine shops would be able to thread out pipe with somecollars as coil over sleeves to fit on the cheap?
I am not 100% sure. But that car looks a little like the Plymouth Arrow from here in the US. It was built by Mitsubishi for Plymouth. So you might want to look into that to see if you can source parts for it.
Any chance you still have the Gabriel part number for that strut floating around? I'm down the Rabbit hole trying to find an insert. I've found old listings for Monroe, KYB and Tokico but so far I've only sourced one single insert.
Just wondering when you say local machine shop is that around the highlands? I need to get my rotating assembly balanced and don’t wanna have to go too far. I’ve seen you around the marketplace a few times getting some dirty bird haha I always wanna say hey but i feel awkward
Benny's Custom Works yeah I thought so just figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask, thanks for the reply. I’m loving the coloured thumbnail looks good, big fan of the show, keep up the good work man 👌🏼
Hopefully they were GH struts and not GE, GH have a larger stub axle that take a Holden bearing making brake conversions much easier As far as inserts go, early Commodore fit straight in , there really is a far easier way to do coil overs in a Sigma than using a sleeve kit
I’m just wondering why not just go to a modern strut it coil over, then use the spindle and brakes from a modern car, seems like you could just change the ball joint and find a tie rod end to match the taper of the new spindle it steering knuckle whatever you want to call it
XOZ Industries I did look at S13 front end conversion but as I’d already ordered wheels based on the sigma original geometry I didn’t want to change the track etc.
nah he wasn't "drilling" towards his hand. Just using the step drill to debur what he drilled in the vise. No way he could hurt his hand with that bit lol
@@BennysCustomWorks nah you didn't need to say anything. Your technical knowledge of cars is next level and you offer so many helpful practical tips all the time that people should know better than to assume you didn't think about it.
Instead of having the threads turned off the other end of the coilover sleeve, why not just flip them upside down? Shouldn't need to thread the spring perch all the way past the bottom.
Anyone here follow Jimmy Oakes ? He was the only decent spin off from the awful Haggard Garage. He is nearing the end of a rear wheel drive KA drivetrain swap into a Honda Civic along with other ongoing projects, last video his new build m50 turbo e36 with M3 mechanicals blew up on the dyno 😖
Love old Sigma, I have an old Galant currently modding with a 4g63t dohc ruclips.net/video/2RwCL1ony44/видео.html Will be keen to see how you tackle this old girl
Haha, mad, I never get channel responses for this comment, i do it to bump the algorithm, Great info in all your vids, makes DIY far less daunting, Keep up the good stuff dude.
Love how MCM, TSF, BCW and BOM all drop little hints towards each other 👌🏼 all great guys doing great work and entertaining too!
What's BOM?
@@zraiyan5 bad obsession motorsport
I missed it. What was it?
@Jesper Thygesen bugger I did 😢 sorry Nugget Garage!
Lobby DaLobster im assuming (but obviously not confirmed) in the title “now in FULL colour” which BOM say in their opening intro
Benny, working for a car dealer, long ago, I really learned how valuable a "creative" parts person can be; FIAT was my brand, shipping vast quantities of spare parts and warehousing them wasn't in that plan. the guys down in our parts dept were fantastic, finding analogues and usable replacement parts from other sources- six weeks was a minimum turnaround time for parts not already in country (90% of the time). Parts people who really work those vast catalogs of info about the parts and write their own "A is used by car Z, but under another name , this part is also used in car B and common" list. Having serviced Datsuns, later Nissans in the '70s, I always wondered when somebody would make a line of strut parts that would let you build almost any strut or coil over type device; I am still waiting. Great to see you in the hunt! Expect great results!
frederic rike thanks mate , there is a full diy coilover kit on ebay Aus currently
Good to see a full colour release
Good idea changing the video thumbnails to full colour, black and white is artistic and dramatic but easy to glance over without much thought too
As a sheetmetal worker /welder, I hate fully welding something just to cut it off, feel your pain Benny, love your videos, 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Finally colour thumbnails!! You were killing us with the B&W! Love the new build mate!
In the late 70's early 80's Mitsubishi gave Police in SA some factory turbo charged Sigma's. These were unmarked and did go! Not sure what happened in the end. I enjoy the videos, thanks Cheers
Paul Faithow the old turbo cars are cool as .
@@BennysCustomWorks my first car was one of those. 81' GH Turbo Sigma. Only 500 ever made, It was a joint colab with Garret, TO3 with 42mm external gate, cast manifolds on a 2L Astron. It was a blow thru carby system with a vac advance/pressure retard dissy. I loved that car, rebuilt engine twice. It was all unknown stuff in those days. Nobody wanted to touch it. years later people converted them to efi and were getting into 11s. One guy used to run a club car at lakeside. Its biggest claim to fame was it's role as the heroin dealers car in underbelly. They only came in 2 tone, silver n black, red n black, blue n black. Had mine for nine years, wasted many a V8 in it, lots of fun.
"Which is funny because the car they came from looked.. 'horrid'" lmao
Damon I laughed so hard at this , Gian snuck it in :D
@@BennysCustomWorks I went back and re-listened to what word it was a couple of times, didn't quite sound 'right' - now we know why! :)
@@265chemic Gian recorded it last second using his headphones surely?
I had a metallic blue Chrysler Sigma (with vinyl roof!) back in the day. Loved that car! Brings back memories.
Matthew Kane yeah they all smell the same also :D
ROTFL! "cold start" LOL...I don't think we share the same definition of that term. Thanks for another video Benny! Even though I had never heard of a Sigma, it was still enjoyable.I need to do something like this with my dodge spirit r/t.
Ben Kjellberg ambient temp engine :D
@@BennysCustomWorks Understood! I am am from Minnesota, USA. We like to see snow on the ground for cold starts. Just had to pull your chain a little. Thanks again for the videos. I love the Cresta and I want a turbo barra something fierce! Unfortunately, they are like 4cyl turbo diesel 4wd's here and are unobtanium.
Watching this video for inspiration on a conversion I'm about to do. You're getting inserts for a SV21 Camry, and the project I'm converting is a SV25 (AllTrac) Camry! I'm using ST185 front inserts up front and SW20 MR2 front inserts on the rear.
I had an 85 model with a 2.6L lowered and full exhaust! It was the best car I've ever owned!
Marty Burgess I can’t wait to get the 2.6 in :D
@@BennysCustomWorks It was the :Big Block" back int he day! :D
They went really well with the Magna EFI inlet manifold, boost and FMIC!
Brings back memories as my first car was a 2 door sigma scorpion... I wish I still had that car it was so much fun to drive with the 2.6L and 5 speed
I've still got mine of the same config! Dunno what to do with it yet... Don't think I could sell it - too many memories.
Still say my 79 scorpion was one of the best car I've owned. A truck went through a stop sign and wiped out the whole front. Still piss off about that 28 years later.
10:31 I've got a permanent reminder from the time I drilled like that. ;-)
WasabiCars only deburing :)
Thanks for sharing your technique benny.
Zenki Akuma thanks for watching .
Good series. Im fixing up an 85 starion in Newcastle nsw.
great stuff Benny! Love that your kindness and nerdiness is coming through
Nick Wilson thanks :D
giving me some inspiration to start on my scorpion
иїѕмөғяєдк get into it :D
@@BennysCustomWorks I'll try! been sitting in the shed for 14 years :( no rust though!
so nice to see a actualy quality channel do one of these!! (im doing a little build on mine with a 77 LB Lancer, but also completely clueless on what im doing) and can 100% agree on the difficulty of finding front shocks, took me about 3 months going back and forth from shops all over the country to find some. Have heard that s13 silvia front end is a pretty close swap over. from memory on a very very old forum. the only change was drilling holes for the strut top. so you can then get things like adjustable control, more "tuneable" coilovers, bigger brakes/caliper.
Subways Shenanigans yes I’ve heard that also however I’d already measured the wheels up to be built off of the standard sigma geometry
@@BennysCustomWorks ahh yeh fair enough. for someone who hasn't invested in a wheel set up yet. you think it might be worth it? not going big power on mine, more just wanting it to take the back roads really well
Just in case this helps you. Cusco still makes camber plates for the 1980s Era Lancer Turbo. Most Mitsubishi mounts are very similar so I was able to use the Lancer Turbo camber plates in my older Colt Lancer and only had to drill and tap two new holes to convert the stud pattern of the upper mount. (I could be wrong about this next part) but I seem to remember that Sigma struts are supposed to be a bolt in upgrade for the Colt Lancer so there's a chance the same camber plates will work for you with very minimal modification.
dog283spec thanks mate :)
@@BennysCustomWorks found the link for you... www.cusco.co.jp/search/en/index/detail/?make=MITSUBISHI&car=Lancer&chassis=A175A&impreza=&category=susparts
At the risk of sounding like a comment section know it all, if you ever need to Google it etc, the main top retaining nut for the insert on a shock tube is called a "gland nut".
Many glands have 2 nuts..
So nice to hear an actual guitar in the background music! It doesn't all have to be Moog's electro dance musik.
Camira inserts or early commodore go into early sigma struts after your shorten the legs for more travel when lowered.
I've got custom GH green leg struts in my GC Galant with Camira inserts, adjustable coil overs and custom camber/castor adjustable top hats
Karlos Hesscobar thanks for the info. It seems that there’s plenty of strut insert options .
missing my first car, a 1979 galant sigma. love the boxy body with round headlights
Here in the uk when modding escort mk1/2 struts we also add a 3mm gusset to the bottom of the strut to the hub assembley both sides of the strut. An old rally car mod.
Michael Matthews yes , I’ve seen that before, thanks for jogging my memory.
Everyone loves a good gusset!
I am going to have to do the same thing on my 70 datsun 510. I Cant wait for next video!! thx for the tutorial
Jason Livingston thanks for watching.
Hand made coil overs.. Benny has gone MAD
paul kwiatkowski we’re all learning .
6 cyl BMW E30 front strut are 51mm too and there are weld on coilover conversion kits available you could have used too. Too late now but it may still be an interesting bit of information for later...'
the brelon thanks for the info
Sigma are 55mm
Those sigma look like the datsun 200b struts too benny. The pbr calipers and all except where they mount to ball joint.
If you want lower tham Camry, z31 300zx work abd aw11 mr2 rear shocks ;)
m H deff don’t need shorter struts
I have exactly that same old school tin of Trefolex! 👌
TasTuned pretty sure they still look like that :D
Benny's Custom Works haha, I thought I had an antique 😂
Haha, i love that your idea of a cold start is 14° ! That's a typical summers day in southern England 😂
Looxury!
(in a Yorkshire accent)
Good work but you went about it the hard way.
By using GH front struts (they are a direct bolt in) and are 53mm so much easier to find weld on sleeves.
As for inserts, if you have GH struts you can use VB-K Commodore inserts or Camira inserts are the same but shorter.
Adjustable strut tops are available from K-Mac
Seattle & Beyond thanks for the info .
One thing I’ve learned watching videos from Australia, all roads are tracks 😁
@Benny's Custom Works if you are wanting something adjustable I've has a few sv21 camry, and mr2 rear shocks fit in the factory camry strut tube and. kyb still makes a 4 way adjustable shock for the sw20 mr2.
rchotrodder1 thanks, same dimensions ?
Benny's Custom Works pretty much the specs are on the page for them maybe +/- 10mm at worst. But did fit right im my cars no washers or anything
@@BennysCustomWorks kyb part number 765016
rchotrodder1 thank you :D
Benny's Custom Works No problem. cant wait to see the build progress.
Most struts from this era are very similar. Just like most struts from today are similar. This is good because there are plenty of companies that make coilover conversions for that style. Techno Toy Tuning is a prominent name, but Datsport in Australia could probably help you as well. I'm sure there are many others, but I'm mostly into classic Datsuns, so that's where my knowledge lies.
Jeffrey Ball yea there are many places , Mark Axsia is making some great Datsun coilovers also and is only 30 min from me .
I've never seen a setup like that where the hub is part of the shock body. Kind of cool
sidewaysPT very common on 70-80’s japanese cars, Cresta is the same.
Are like that on Volvos and bmws too 🙈
@@BennysCustomWorks Don't remind me Benny, I'm still hurting after rebuilding them on Crustida. 😂👍
Looking at getting new boots and bumb stop from either ebay or spares box for.my sv21 camry and i hear you say sv21 camry mind blown
Shane Kumar the strut mate kits are good
The Mighty Smega! They were good old buses .
Richard Anderson yeah, I love this one :D
Also you can use the GH sigma front struts with the bigger calipers that run the db1085 brake pads same as commodore they fit straight in must use the GH brake hoses tho
Turned on the funk for the build!
Nice- I used some flat wound helper springs to keep a little preload on the main spring so it didn’t flop around at full droop with no weight on the front
jord9308 will be stealing the helpers snd main springs from the Cresta coilovers when they get swapped out :D
16 minutes of ‘um’, I love it
Gibbos Garage no scripts here :D
Wouldn’t want any
Hey Benny just for future reference the front strut inserts are the same size as vb-vp commodore
The thumbnail is not black and white! Nice
Raiyan Zaman changing it uo
Looks nice!
51mm strut tube width? thats the same as AE86, we use ST185 Celica inserts in our front coilovers setups, I choose the adjustable Bilstein's and shortened the strut by 50mm in length
Those strut tops look remarkably like the ones for the mitsubishi starion or maybe the old corolla. Might give you a good starting point
Have you heard all putting hydraulic oil in the shock tubes as you install the shocks? They say it's for better heat distribution.
Dennis Bailey the strut tubes on these are open at the bottom so It wouldn’t work. I haven’t heard if it before either sorry
I don't know if 51mm struts are rare in the car industry (or were because I don't think anyone use this setup today). My e30 bimmers are 51mm struts, it's the same design. Shock insert in the strut. There were 2 sizes, 45mm for base models, and 51mm for 325i, diesels and Touring if I remember. The Sigma reminds me a lot of my dad's Galant, kids memories!
*6 cylinder. Includes some 320i's, and all 323i, 325i's. Its the 4 cylinders that are smaller.
You could run a spacer between the sv21 shock insert and your standard gland nut, saves you some work in welding and it's what Celica guys do when lowering and using those inserts.
Nathan Attwood it would have to be a 75mm spacer and the shock body would bottom out on the bump stop way too early in this setup
@@BennysCustomWorks oh damn, sigma must be a much taller vehicle than the Celica as we only need 20mm spacers, that or the strut body is much longer in your case.
Go the Smegma!
Mint!! Gonna look sweet done, It's no Corolla but I still rate it lol
Nugget Garage one day I’ll be cool enough for a corolla :)
Welding into a thread can cause stress fractures. You should always remove threads before welding them. I was taught this by a Mechanical integrity specialist years ago.
Hey mate I’ve had two sigmas both I shoe horned a RB30 turbo in it google it should pop up many years ago haha 😂 making me think I should build another one.
David Ash thar’s cool as . I’ve seen 1J’s in them also .
Does Al have an L300 4x4 van around Benny? I used an diff out of one and cut it down to fit into my scorpion as an LSD, bonus it came with disc brakes so I got a rear disc brake upgrade at the same time 😁😁
2 ltr Escort are 51mm, heaps of coil over parts in the UK for them.
And 1.6 are 49
Correct ..BMW are 51mm as well .
You just cut the bottom off and add it at the top if you need it longer like daylight savings.
I'm excited to see were this build goes! Especially interested to see what you do with what i sent you 👌🏾👍🏾
Street Car Culture excited to receive it :D
Kenco racing do sigma weld on kits
Michael Bowe thanks :)
Love this video.... So your shock insert type will depend on its travel that will fit into the cut shock piping?
And you cut off the piping from what ever measurement your trying to achieve from the middle of the guard to the top of the tyre. Making sure that measurement is set equally with the weld as the centre? Is that correct or even make any sense ?lol
I'd love to try this as a fun project. Even though I could probably just go get some BC racing coils to fit my car already. I wonder if any machine shops would be able to thread out pipe with somecollars as coil over sleeves to fit on the cheap?
6:15 Benny has a lot more diameter left on his ONE+ grinder disc than I normally do.
Peter Charlton the secret is to use a 125mm disc , more material :D
Benny's Custom Works I like my eyeballs too much to take the guard off :p
Shocking! Sorry couldn't help myself.
Greetings from the UK Benny! Looking forward to seeing this build progress. Any Double Unicorn action coming at all? Stay safe man.
Matt Kay will get it back into the shop sooner or later .
Did someone say Mitsubishi Sigma? Fuck yeah I'm in
H.H.C - Hunter excited :D
now, time to work out what bennys doing with the barra he bought off gearheadsoz
90% sure you can put a r31 lca, knuckle thing, brakes and shocks in a sigma. Just redrill 1 castor arm hole and use sigma top hat
thats what i thought as well, either the 31 or i think s13 as well. considering it for my 77 lancer once the funds allow me ahaha
4g race design do a camber plate for a sigma but I think it might be part of a kit to swap to s13 suspension
thomas sweeney onto it.
Yuss colour
Wouldn’t be a Bennys video without Facebook Messenger
Joel James group chat lit!!
I am not 100% sure. But that car looks a little like the Plymouth Arrow from here in the US. It was built by Mitsubishi for Plymouth. So you might want to look into that to see if you can source parts for it.
Twisted it’s the same as a Mitsubishi Lancer .
I love it :D
I HAD ONE OF THESE.....same color, same interior, even the hubcaps.
Pork Hunts :D caps are coming off .
I don't know if the Gabriel shocks are the same in Australia, but they are 1 pump and dump shocks in USA.
aeiouer I’ve had a poor experience with Gabriel as well. Not surprising as they are fairly cheap.
Any chance you still have the Gabriel part number for that strut floating around? I'm down the Rabbit hole trying to find an insert. I've found old listings for Monroe, KYB and Tokico but so far I've only sourced one single insert.
Just wondering when you say local machine shop is that around the highlands? I need to get my rotating assembly balanced and don’t wanna have to go too far. I’ve seen you around the marketplace a few times getting some dirty bird haha I always wanna say hey but i feel awkward
Give Align a bash down at Moss Vale .
Seamus Campion i meant engineering shop . I think the closest engine machine shops are in Campbelltown , Unanderra or Wollongong ..
Benny's Custom Works yeah I thought so just figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask, thanks for the reply. I’m loving the coloured thumbnail looks good, big fan of the show, keep up the good work man 👌🏼
Great job. Can you give me the part number of the shock "body" nuts? Thanks
Bking King hey mate, they come with the shock inserts sorry .
Hopefully they were GH struts and not GE, GH have a larger stub axle that take a Holden bearing making brake conversions much easier
As far as inserts go, early Commodore fit straight in , there really is a far easier way to do coil overs in a Sigma than using a sleeve kit
I was just about to go to bed... Not like I have anything to do tomorrow
I’m just wondering why not just go to a modern strut it coil over, then use the spindle and brakes from a modern car, seems like you could just change the ball joint and find a tie rod end to match the taper of the new spindle it steering knuckle whatever you want to call it
XOZ Industries I did look at S13 front end conversion but as I’d already ordered wheels based on the sigma original geometry I didn’t want to change the track etc.
Where did you get the weld on coil over sleeve kit from Benny? Cheers
Tony Whiley we got this kit from V sport but I think it was either old stock or for a personal project .
K Mac make strut top camber kits for sigma👍🏻
matthew sainsbury they suit the oem spring though
What part number is the Gabriel inserts thanks
Mitch smith we have a set in stock if you need some.
@@BennysCustomWorks yes please. How do i contact you?
Was that brake caliper just hanging by the hose? Say it ain't so Benny 😅
Sean Hamilton hoses are going in the bin :)
“Horrid” 😂
Thanks for not making the thumbnail black and white, much prefer it.
Caleb giving it a try :D
needs the number plates [sugma]
4gRace Design make a camber top for Sigma's if you're still looking
Alec Barwa-Bosco on it :)
K-Mac have done them for years
Never had any success with Gabriel shocks, they don't tend to last long in my experience.
LukeTheJoker tbh we haven’t used them previously.
Did anyone else get some anxiety when he was drilling towards his hand at 10:30 haha
nah he wasn't "drilling" towards his hand. Just using the step drill to debur what he drilled in the vise. No way he could hurt his hand with that bit lol
aSinisterKiid yeah just deburing, should have mentioned it though .
@@BennysCustomWorks nah you didn't need to say anything. Your technical knowledge of cars is next level and you offer so many helpful practical tips all the time that people should know better than to assume you didn't think about it.
Instead of having the threads turned off the other end of the coilover sleeve, why not just flip them upside down? Shouldn't need to thread the spring perch all the way past the bottom.
Dallas Van Wyk the bottom side of the sleeve is larger OD than the thread so then there’d be no way to get the nuts on and off
@@BennysCustomWorks Ah makes sense! Couldn't tell that from looking at it.
Drag week 2020?
Green Comfort Living negative
I'm here to witness the argument in the comments over whether the car is red or not.
Beefheart Vandercrease I myself can’t decide
Or go all out and do a full s13 front swap
TEAMEAT SHIT! Was considered however we had already made the measurements for the new wheels based on stock Sigma hubs and geometry.
@@BennysCustomWorks ah true that.
Anyone here follow Jimmy Oakes ? He was the only decent spin off from the awful Haggard Garage.
He is nearing the end of a rear wheel drive KA drivetrain swap into a Honda Civic along with other ongoing projects, last video his new build m50 turbo e36 with M3 mechanicals blew up on the dyno 😖
Love old Sigma, I have an old Galant currently modding with a 4g63t dohc
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Will be keen to see how you tackle this old girl
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Pity its not a scorpion or a starion,
PX125E why?
Benny's Custom Works coupe bro. Coupe.
PX125E family cruiser ;)
Benny's Custom Works ahhh. Fair enough. Always liked the wide body starion.
How legal is this ??? Will doing this actually be passed by a engineer ???? Allowing you to drive this car on the road ???
Brett Smith will be engineered.
@@BennysCustomWorks i was always told by engineers modifying suspension and steering parts was a big no no
Brett Smith really depends state to state..
Are you getting tonsillitis you voice sound a bit of job job to its cool to see all the random cars you work on
mrdattopet the rat just getting over it .
@@BennysCustomWorks it's not nice at all can be very painful
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Jub Threesixnine damp
Haha, mad,
I never get channel responses for this comment, i do it to bump the algorithm,
Great info in all your vids, makes DIY far less daunting,
Keep up the good stuff dude.
Jub Threesixnine thanks for watching :D
if you were smart you would wear disposable gloves & not whine every time your hands get dirty!
WICK’S GARAGE dirty hands are fine, tyreshine just sucks.
Gloves are a pain to work in, you loose all feel. Can always wash up when it’s time for lunch!
@@rolly4x4 Like showering with a raincoat on