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Old 05-05-2013, 04:15 PM
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Does tracking a car on a road course make the car more noisy and rattling due to chassis twisting?
What would be the possible consequence of tracking a V on a road course other than accelerated brakes, oils or tires wear?

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What would be the possible consequence of tracking a V on a road course other than accelerated brakes, oils or tires wear?
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Tracking a car is going to put the entire car through its paces. You're running the car hard, and the entire thing. So yes, it can cause noises and rattles as parts pre mateurly wear (premateurly by road standards) bushings, bearings etc.
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Depending on mileage and current wear on wear items, anything that is close to going will go that much faster. The expensive part of tracking a car is the need to go faster next time haha, all of a sudden you will need "better" parts. Best thing to do if you are going to track the car is to upgrade all the normal wear items, and keep your fluids in check. Upgrading mounts and bushings throughout the car will make a heck of a difference in your track times. If you are running auto cross ignore power adders until the car can put more power to the ground effectively. This would include suspension, sway bars, poly bushings everywhere including the cradle, and removing restrictions with a good set of headers and a tune. As we all know running a successful auto x is much more easily achieved if you can drive smoothly and consistently which takes practice and is much easier if the car is predictable which is what suspension and a slew of bushings will do for you. Oh and good tires.
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Originally Posted by tigerlion
What would be the possible consequence of tracking a V on a road course?
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If you're new to it, you're not going to be able to push the car that hard anyway. It's not that hard on the car until you get better as a driver.



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