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Originally Posted by A1337STI
Ya a 2.2 swap would bump me up to Group 5 for CRS events, and open 2wd for USRC. I get scored in there reguardless but wouldn't get scored in product 2wd any more.
RA a 2.5L is game for group 2, and CRS might change that rule next year. which would be .. omfg in that car  maybe grab a cf hood+trunk and lexan/plexiglass windows
Seeing how i can not find a minimum specified weight in my 1993 impreza service manual (the big 2 books) Looks like light weight fly wheel is on the menu , nasa says same material so it has to be steel.
so i'll probably go with a 12.55 lb light way steel flywheel i'm seeing on ebay for about 168, and a new clutch kit is 98. (guess i can give Kevin his kit back if he wants it )
so Dean your thinking the whiteline suspension bushings will be too stiff and i'll start bending metal?
damn i just priced out all the whiteline stuff with turn in ... hmm... maybe i'll double check with them and see what they think... I am on softer suspension now and usually use like 30 psi .. hmm... maybe i'll rethink or ask on special stage. |
You shouldn't be bending anything in the suspension due to stiffer bushings unless you're regularly bottoming out your struts. Stiffer bushings should just isolate movement to the springs/dampers better. As long as they can take the punishment w/o running out of travel, you won't be risking control arms. But if you're coming down on the bumpstops, then I could see how a bunch of rubber in the suspension linkage might be preventing damage.
The only exception to this is your swaybar endlinks... making them stronger than the swaybar mounts can tear the mounts loose, instead of just breaking the endlink... I'd stick w/ the softer OEM stuff for those.
And if you're crashing into stuff in a direction the suspension isn't designed to handle... like smacking the wheel face when sliding into a boulder, or maybe wedging the wheel into a massive pothole and torquing on the strut, I could see rubber lessening the energy into the control arms, etc. But in those sorts of situations, I don't think rubber bushings are going to protect the suspension significantly better than polyurethane would... you're probably going to bend something either way.
I'd rather have the better handling that keeps me from crashing in the first place.
But I'm not a rally guy, so what do I know.