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Engine Bay and Suspension Inspection

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Vintage IROC Dodge Avenger Track Day with Ray Evernham: Legendary Driver List and Still Run Hard!

What happens here

Lift the car's hood to inspect the engine bay. Identify the Dodge engine, the rear-steer suspension linkage (where the linkage is behind the spindle), and the unique dual shock mounts, a common feature in early 80s race cars. Note that the firewall forward, including the chassis, remains largely unchanged from its 1984 design.

Goal: Examine the engine and suspension components for period-correct features.

Tools and materials

  • Dodge Engine Dodge — Powering the race car, original to its Dodge Avenger configuration
  • Dual Shock Mounts — A suspension design feature for mounting shocks
  • Firewall — The car's structural component separating the engine bay from the cabin
  • Rear-Steer Suspension Linkage — An early 80s design feature where the steering linkage is behind the spindle

What they say

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it and say oh that's a banjo car the way the shocks are mounted you know this car still has the dual shock mounts in the early 80s we used to run shock mounts front mirror well this is pretty amazing this car is a bit of a time capsule because it's it's really not been changed that's the way the firewall was we put those plates on for the the brakes as I said into the Dodge Dodge engine which I didn't work on but from the firewall forward the chassis is the same as it was in 1984 there's no doubt you know it's basically a 65 Ford Galaxy front end design it's what we call a rear steer it's a it has front struts you know these cars I don't know whether it's got mono balls in it or not but they used to have rubber bushings so this this chassis from career it's really the same way that we raced them into 1984. a lot of these were sold to the to them so not only did it do it's Duty it's due in IROC for several years and it was traded to Marlboro driving school and got tons and tons of time on there so who knows how many how many laps this car has and then the drivers down at this other see and again it's it's it's not for high speed it's more performed the names of the drivers that have driven this thing kind of disappointed they didn't put my name on there you know even though they're driving but but you know you know Jeff drove it so that's pretty cool but all the way all the way down to

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