I broke a rear trailing arm at the track!, Holy Cow! |
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I broke a rear trailing arm at the track!, Holy Cow! |
Matt Romanowski |
Jul 18 2017, 06:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 878 Joined: 4-January 04 From: Manchester, NH Member No.: 1,507 |
I was at Mont Tremblant this weekend with my track car. It's got a stock 3 liter, 915 with Martin's shift conversion, great suspension setup. Weights around 2000 lbs. I came in from a run and the right rear tire had WAY too much camber. It was obvious it was broken and about to rain, so we loaded up and waited for the complete diagnosis for when we got home. Put it on the lift to find the rear control arm coming apart. I'll post up more photos and analysis when I get the arm off, but wanted to share these.
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Matt Romanowski |
Jul 18 2017, 08:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 878 Joined: 4-January 04 From: Manchester, NH Member No.: 1,507 |
The rings are for tie downs. I'm too cheap to buy something special, so I welded those on and the straps grab them.
I haven't run Hoosiers on this car in a long time. Our normal tire is the Nitto NTO1. We just bolted on a set of Hancooks. The arms were not reinforced. The previous owner, about 11 years ago, had bought these refinished arms (powdercoated, bushings, new bearings). We changed them to Chris' delrin bushings a few years ago (they are way better than the rubber ones). I've already been in touch with Chris. The car will end up with a set of his arms. |
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