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Just checking to let you all know that this is still going, albeit slowly. I've just been busy with everything else all spring and summer and haven't done much yet. It hasn't helped that I've had numerous fixer-uppers in the garage blocking my work space continuously from March until August, but now have that all cleared out for the time being. I am currently working on fabricating my motor mount brackets. I settled on an arrangement that will allow me to use OEM-style motor mounts from the LS4 to help keep things simple and modern, so to speak. In addtion to that, I still have to finish reworking (read: hammer and weld, plus some metal work) of the strut tower. The engine of course fits, but the "adjustment" didn't turn out as well as I hoped, so I have to add a little bit of touch-up paint to the engine bay. I have all my plumbing besides the AC charge line figured out. This includes AN fuel lines and oil line for a remote mount oil filter. Using my stock Z34 engine cradle puts the oil filter right on top of the cradle, or I cut up the cradle (don't want to do).

I can’t imagine what kind of noise you’d get from a strut itself other than the gas going through the valves if you go over a speed bump. I have my GTP on KYBs using coil overs and never hear a noise from the struts themselves. Are you sure you don’t have some bad bushings somewhere back there? Clunks and rattles should not come from struts. Sway bar bushings, the upper strut mount, and leaf spring isolators. Yes