2008

Filed Under Race | August 20th, 2008

It actually took me a bit longer to get back out to an autocross than I’d hoped. At the last event, the left rear axle ate the bearing. I knew the axles were bad, but the event finished them off, as well as causing some serious popping from the right front ball joint. After a few weeks of my mechanic not returning my phone calls (I’ve since found a new guy), I decided to do the work myself. I replaced the rear axles, bearings, and seals, rebuilt the a-arms with new ball joints and offset bushings, and gave the car a brake job with freshly turned rotors and pads from Maximum Motorsports. First, the axles had to be custom made since nobody stocks SVO axles any longer, and the offset bushings were on back order. After getting all of that taken care of, I dropped the car off at Fisher’s to have the chassis straightened, and the subframe connectors and strut tower brace installed. The previous alignment wasn’t all that great because of a slight twist in the chassis limiting the amount of camber and caster that could be dialed in. After all was said and done, the car was back on it’s own feet (or since it’s a Mustang, maybe hooves?) and I was ready for another event.

During the last event the car’s rear brakes were locking well before the front …