More thoughts to ponder...
I have heard mixed reviews on DMS....but it is what Team Subaru is running on their cars.
Anybody know about the struts used when Colin McRae was racing the legacy in 93 in Europe? Pro-Flex or something like that? Those are supposed to be particularly good, but I want confirmation.
The STI units are awesome, but only last three events and are toast. I think it is just the heat that takes out the seals, and if I can change the shaft seal and the oil, they should be good for another 3 events. Thoughts?
Thanks,
Rabin
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From: Josh Colombo <mailto:jcc189@psu.edu>
To: BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 11:57 PM
Subject: RE: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Modifations that I know of....
I'll second that!! A set of DMS Golds are extremely nice and very tunable, I think they have a 50 mm piston rod....just insane
Josh
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sam & Beth Barrett [mailto:LEVATHIAN@sprintmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 1:35 AM
To: BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Modifations that I know of....
DMS if you can afford it.
-Sambo
-----Original Message-----
From: Rabin James [mailto:rabinjames@sk.sympatico.ca]
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 1:56 PM
To: BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Modifations that I know of....
Hi everyone,
I thought I would jump into the modifications list.
The Team Duct Tape car is pretty nicely done up. It was Tom McGeer's car first, then the Payntor's owned it, now Dave Koszegi is the proud owner/driver.
- The uni-body has been seem welded in key structural areas
- Full roll cage (don't know what type)
- Engine is stock, and the variable boost system has been removed cause I didn't like the set up. I hope to find a much nicer, easy to set system that is cheap!
- The suspension is STI struts and springs - that needs to be replaced ASAP (suggestions anyone??)
- The car is pretty well stripped for racing (unlike marks car which still has the stereo in it!)
- We ran Amsoil engine oil, redline tranny oil, diff oil, and we ran 100% water with redline water wetter.
- I have switch hooked up that engages the fans on high at the flick of a switch, and the racing temperatures dropped at least 20 degrees from Bighorn to the Rockies.
As a little side note: After the first stage Friday night, the rear shocks where shot. The car had been rolled before when it was rallied with blown rear shocks....so we were quite worried. We tried to get replacements...anything...even stock to get us through the rally. No luck. We finally decided to just take them apart and see what we could do. We replaced the shaft seal spring with a spring from a smaller seal. We then refilled the strut with the best oil we had in the shop....Hydraulic jack oil. We had no idea what it was going to do but we had no choice. We assembled it back together and tried it out. Wonder of wonders the damn thing worked great. The suspension felt great and there was no leakage. We raced the entire Saturday without incident and placed 6th overall. Not to shabby.
Any body know how to get replacement seals from STI, or have any suspension recommendations for replacement?
Thanks,
Rabin
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