Bought some Evo10 coil overs.
They’re AGT brand, which still seems to exist but nobody selling them in Australia.
I went with these for a few reasons:
A) They came with the short lower adaptors for the rear, so they can be shortened down to Mirage length.
B) The fronts fit the CH Lancer uprights.
C) The seller was a human.
They seem to be decent quality, but with the predictable whackiness that comes with cheap coilovers: this set is that they are very short travel (100mm on the front. I would be happier with 120mm).
I have no idea what the spring rates are. Stiff - too stiff for the seller on his Evo10 road car which would be a lot heavier than the Mirage.
So I went with the 400lb/in springs that were already allocated to the car.
The Evo10 front strut tops are different to the earlier cars, so I had to remake the top plates.
The material is the last of some 8mm aluminium that I have had for years - its been used for numerous other strut tops.
I can cut it in the guillotine at work, but it makes a hell of a bang...
No photos of the next step, which was to drill a bunch of overlapping 5mm holes and then file them out to a 6mm slot.
I don’t know what this material is, but it cuts like steel. Very slow process to saw these holes - probably about 20minites each.
Not a clear photo, but more fun hacksawing out the centre section.
Then a bunch of filing and die-grinding to enlarge the hole enough, and get it in the right spot. Sweating profusely...
Second slot drilled and filed out. Bloody tedious.
Finally, tapping out the holes for the studs and threading in bolts from the underside.
Also had to take the edge off the top bearing plate so they clear the bolt head underneath (no photo, sorry).
Typical juggling of spring seats and stuff for it to all go together, and they’re all back together.
The location of the slots is a guess. The idea is that the strut tops and camber pins should allow me to balance both camber and castor.
If it doesn’t work, then I can spin them around and/or flip them over.