As far as track width change, it's not any more of an issue than on a canned ham. They have the same issue thing. As for the fork and retainer.. Both OEM parts are cast alum. We never had an issue with either while testing, and we drive the cars hard. However there are some people that seem to be able to break ball pien hammers. I have seen the same pictures most of you have as well. SInce it is a perceived weak part, people will be looking to replace it even though it probably doesn't need to be unless you're racing.. We've been asked if we had them enough times to determine there was a "want" in the market place. There are peeps that want them, So we are working on making them. As for limit straps .... That's another whole laugher.. They aren't needed by "everyone" like some "video's" would have you believe.. They have their place, and are certainly required in certain applications.. But "everyone" needing them is a stretch. (pun intended). Its a convenient marketing ploy IMHO.
SxS Blog guys wadded the entire front suspension up, clevis survived. :biggrin:
All of those are existing companies. I don't doubt Robby's desire to get this done, nor do I doubt that everyone involved is killing themselves to get it done. Starting a company, no matter how good the design and desire from customers, is hard. There are a gajillion things that can torpedo a startup. No one says Robby is lying in these videos, just that while what he's showing is cool, there's a long uphill road to climb before thousands are made. What if the actual unit-cost on these after all the changes is $60k? What if there's some flaw in the engine blocks and he has to recall all of them? What if a critical vendor decides he's "important" and doubles his price? Lots of things left to do before they're in customer hands, and then we'll see what us morons do to them. :biggrin:
Is the track width change really 12-13" on the Pro R? That seem like a lot.
Wayne did break a few racing the Baja 1000. Have not heard of him breaking any since. Mitch Guthrie has not broken any that I have seen racing his Pro R.
Yep. Clevis design, pound for pound, is weaker. The clevis on the PoPo is gigantic and as strong/stronger than a couple of thin/flat MS tabs welded to a piece of sheetmetal bridging the control arm tubes. The side loading on the mount when it was on the upper control arm was even worse, and there weren't failures left and right.
That is no good. Is that a Fox or Walker Evans issue?
When the XP1000 first came out guys would set the compression to full stiff and then send it. They were breaking or bending shock shafts when the shock would hydrolock. That was on the Walker Evans shocks.good question.
