This round of updates on the C5 “Track Rat” included some repairs after an off-track excursion – at an autocross – by the car owners co-driver. Instead of just doing the minimum repairs, Mark brought the car back to Vorshlag, where we replaced the broken body parts and did some significant suspension and tire upgrades.
The whole nose assembly was replaced with new parts, and while it was apart we slipped in a massive all-aluminum DeWitt radiator. After replacing the tie rods, updating all 8 control arms to poly bushings, and spherical bushings in the rear lower shock mounts, the tires were changed…
The Forgestar 18×11″ CF5 wheels are now wrapped with 315mm BFGoodrich Rival-S tires, to allow Mark to compete in Optima, Goodguys and SCCA CAM-SS classes. He’s loving the new tires and suspension tweaks we made in this round of mods and repairs. Look for this car next season tearing it up in 200 treadwear track and autocross competition. Again, you can see the details of this stage of work starting here.