How Much Of A Pounding Can The Suspension Take?
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Posted 26 February 2003 - 08:29 PM
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Posted 28 February 2003 - 10:28 PM
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Posted 01 March 2003 - 12:36 AM
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Posted 01 March 2003 - 09:22 AM
Edited by Ricky2772, 01 March 2003 - 09:28 AM.
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Posted 01 March 2003 - 06:02 PM
Don't know exactly, I was still strapped in the car. Some sort of arm was mentioned I think?Phill, do you know what actually broke on the suspension? Was it the toe link, the damper, a wishbone/mounting or something else? Toe link failures are pretty common on Elises that are frequently tracked. Lotus sell an uprated toe link to avoid this sort of failure. I've not heard of any other areas being particularly suspect.
Anyway, it was bad enough that the car couldn't reverse, just sort of jammed if you tried to back up. Had to crawl all the way back round the track at about 5mph.
Ellie was there that day with me, he might have heard what it was from the pits.
Phill
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Posted 01 March 2003 - 09:49 PM
Sounds like the toe link then, if it was still driveable - albeit very slowly. It's good to have an idea where the suspension weak points are if the car is being regularly trackedSome sort of arm was mentioned I think?
Anyway, it was bad enough that the car couldn't reverse, just sort of jammed if you tried to back up. Had to crawl all the way back round the track at about 5mph.
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Posted 01 March 2003 - 09:57 PM
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