Yeah i had a short rally again! I hit a big rock on stage 6. It blew the RF tire out. I finished the stage on a flat. I changed the tire on transit. While on transit I herd what I thought was my exhaust dragging on the ground. At the start of stage 7 I got out to strap the exhaust up and found it was the rear diff mount bolts had sheered off. I was working on strapping it up when Mike Hurst asked what I was doing. He mentioned that was how Nick Roberts lost his car to fire in Oregon. I cant buy a new car so I figured I better stop while Im ahead. He didnt say I couldnt continue but he did give me the look of use your head!
I did learn that the rear diff skid plates that most guys run is what caused the damage. Turns out hitting huge rocks with the skid plate puts direct load on the rear bolts of the diff. Once they brake the diff swings down until in my case rides on the exhaust. The front swings up and rides on the fuel tank until it fails then you dump gas on hot stuff! Im cahnging the way the skid plate mounts and hopfully the issue wont come back.
Had a good time I really like the rally. It is my favorite over all to date. I was nervous after having oil pan failure on the recce car that it was going to be rough. The rally car road smooth wasnt an issue as long as you marked the exposures on Recce. Guess i didnt do that well enough!
This was a faster paced rally than what had pictured in my head going in. It showed i have a long ways to ogo in the rally world to get up to speed! Good time over all just wish I could of had more seat time.
First rally 2013
Rally car type AWD subaru
Total rallies as driver 6
Total rally cars built 2
Total rally cars caged 3
Total rally cars repaired from offs 4
Total years racing exp other then rally 19 yrs
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