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There is an additional engineering consideration that needs to be considered here on replacement struts and ultimately is a factor in the early or very early demise of the struts.

That factor is the operating temperature the strut is designed for.

There are MANY struts that on paper work very well BUT few IF ANY are rated for operating temperatures in the engine compartment.

In stock form the exhaust manifolds seem to be far enough away from the struts but for example, in my case with 180° headers, there are only a couple of inches clearance to the headers.

The o-ring seals in these struts are not designed to take that kind of heat in addition to boiling the cylinder fluid or gas.



IF you find that page in the specs, which sometimes takes some doing, you will find that many are going to be limited to under 200° F. This is your major limiting factor.



So really those struts that you found need to be field tested but I suspect that they won't last any longer then the conventional deck lid struts do, which isn't very long at all.

Last edited by panteradoug
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