Post Rallycross Damage
[ September 10th, 2008 ] By: Charles Smith Posted in » Ramblings
Woops. Turns out there was some damage from the rallycross. No not on my WRX, Subarus are built for it, but on Mark’s Volvo. Turns out the rallycross ruined his shocks. His ride has become quite a bit rougher than he remembers. He couldn’t tell after the rallycross because he was used to being rattled all day so the smooth highway home felt just fine.
Either way, with any damage to a car (especially one as high mileage as Mark’s) there is a silver lining. Sure you may have to spend money, but it can also be a great excuse to do what you’ve wanted for a long time. In this case he gets to replace his suspension with something he’s been eyeing for a while.
So I’d just like to leave you with the thought that there sometimes are good things that come out of damaging your car (other than the “ive learned how/why it breaks”). Do you have any stories from similar situations?
September 10th, 2008 at 6:43 am
For a little additional clarification, there is just no damping from 3 of the dampers anymore. The rear end bounces around like there is no tomorrow, one of the front struts is gone, and the other is making awesome grinding noises when the suspension moves. I took the opportunity to get some Koni sports with some H&R springs, and will keep the car on-road from now on. Hopefully everything will come in by friday, and I will have a fun weekend with Charles changing out suspension parts.
From this, I also know that if Charles and I get an old beat up car to fix into a rally car, the suspension is one of the things that can’t wait for another time, since the first race will probably destroy a lot of stuff in there :P
September 11th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
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