Will has been holding a series of fun races for the CT crew at some local spots. Lots of fun. But went a little too hard yesterday.
I've ended up in second the last two races we've had by less than a second each.
This race was a lot of high speed with mostly 6-12" dia rocks with minimal technical terrain. 5150s were miles better than the old white bodies! Rear end still kinda hops around but much better.
First stage of the race I was 1:21, my buddy Andy ended up with a 1:18. Second run I was trying to make up time and NAILED a tree with my passenger front tire head on doing probably 15mph or so with probably 1/2-3/4 throttle. Felt like a car accident.
Took out:
Steering box
Upper ball joint
Caliper
Appears to have exploded the nuts that hold the spindle to the knuckle
Broke welds that hold sleeve for heim bolt into knuckle
Was fun to steer the 1.5 miles out of the trail with no power assist and a broken box. Cut the pressure line to the box and looped it into the top of the res to keep the pump from running dry.
No evidence of any unibody structural damage. Lower link mount would have take the brunt of the impact and that appeared unscathed.
This things needs more tube and money thrown at the front end... or for me to stop driving it like an ultra4 car
What is the upgrade for spindle studs? Smike, did I read you drilled and tapped knuckles for 5/8 gr8 bolts?
