Stud pattern for front shock towers?

[Lummy]

Can any of you guys with Starions measure up the pattern of the studs on the front shock tower and let me know what they are?

The reason I ask is, I have a Scorpion with what I believe is Starion pattern custom coilovers, but I want to make sure before I buy some adjustable camber tops.

Thanks.

[Lummy]

Anyone?

Please, you just need a tape measure and a steady hand.

[jeff]

120 mm on my us widey thats bolt center to bolt center
i can double check tomorow morning :o

[TomVR4]

yeah I got about 120mm too, maybe a little less, like 119 (but that might be my unsteady hand)

[Lummy]

Thanks guys, and I assume it's an equilateral triangle pattern?

Whoa, that was a big word, I think I need to sit down.

[woops]

The scorpion with the 3 bolt set up is the same as the chrysler lancer, chrysler galant, and ge or gh sigma 3 bolt. The starions are a different bolt pattern then anything else. Just get a gh sigma one and you'll be fine.

[Lummy]

No, I wont be fine. My suspension is custom - the shock towers have been customised to take Starion shocks, so it is the Starion stud pattern that's important, the Scorpion pattern is irrelevant.

I just need to confirm that the distance between each stud is equal - ie, it's a perfect triangle.

[Alspos]

I measured 118.5 between two sides and 116 to the other. That's what I based the strut braces I made on.

Slightly bigger hole sizes will allow for small variations.

[Lummy]

Ok, so it's definately not a Starion pattern that I have...

I just measured it at 95mm each side...bolt centre to bolt centre

Any ideas on what pattern that is?

[RiceThief]

Most probably the scorpion pattern, like woops stated before.

[woops]

How do you mean you have the suspension designed to take Starion shocks? I have Starion front struts and brakes in my sigma and the only thing i did to put it in was to change the strut tops to the sigma ones which for this model are 4 bolt.
Granted it's for the GN sigma but i'm pretty sure the size of the top of the shocks are the same diameter for the different sigma's, scorpions and starions. I may be wrong about that though and it's a lot of effort to pull apart the scorpion and sigma suspension to have a look.

[redzone]

^^^^ dude, he owns barney's old race scorpion (sapporo actually)

[dirtygalant]

Galant (or Eterna) actually :P Sapporo is what they were called outside of Japan only.

[redzone]

barney always called it a sapporo, and i'm sure i remember build pics of his car with sapporo badging, mr smarty pants :P

[dirtygalant]

Well if it came from Japan it wouldn't have left the Mitsubishi factory badged as a Sapporo :P Try searching Japanese brochures for Sapporos - you'll find nothing, yet many show up for Galant and Eterna (as posted below).

Most people refer to them as Sapporos because that's what they were called in the larger markets such as Europe and the United States, while you Aussies naturally call them Scorpions.


This is my one, a pre-facelifted Galant or Eterna:





And this is barney's one, a facelifted Galant or Eterna



These are the Galant and Eterna sedans





The euro-spec Sapporos had a distinctively different front end, take note of the bottom of the front guards and valance panel, as well as the shorter headlamps, although some euro Sapporos have the longer headlamps the facelifted Galant/Eterna/Scorpions have



All this info is taken from www.zeppan.jp and www.msapporo.com

Trust me, I know my "Sapporos" inside out :D