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Post-Ride Feedback and Historical Context

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

What happens here

After the ride, the driver provides feedback on the car's performance, mentioning issues like overworked brakes and a transmission that occasionally jumped out of gear. Discuss the mechanical differences between this 40-year-old car and modern race cars, emphasizing its original components (same suspension, steering wheel, pedals) that contribute to its authentic feel and historical value.

Goal: Evaluate the car's condition and performance after the track session, comparing it to modern standards.

Tools and materials

  • Brakes — Stopping the car; may require servicing due to overheating
  • Pedals — Operating the throttle, brake, and clutch; original to the car
  • Steering Wheel — Controlling the car; original to the car
  • Suspension — Providing stability and handling; original to the car

What they say

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well we're getting ready to make another run as you you gotta you got a good ride I hope and got to see what an original IROC car feels like but we overworked the brakes a little bit so we got the brakes now we've um we've got another passenger and Logan are you ready what are you anticipating I'm excited you're not gonna be scared you're almost scared of drifting you're only scared when I'm driving in a truck it's not a car that's capable of that tank race cars [Music] again you know um I'm a little worried because I'm not gonna probably be as good on the right-handers because I have less right side weight but it may help the brakes I'm just saying 100 pounds lighter you know yeah what and I'm not sure but I'll let you know but um just really had a blast of the car we've got a couple things we got to work on I gotta make that rear spoiler on Alexa little cars are behind me um we've got to work on the transmission as much as I don't much I'd love to run the original stuff I'm just not as good as the original IROC drivers and it's just it's it's uh driving that old transmission those guys were good but that's you know hey that's 40 years ago so you know it's ready to go a couple things when we get it home but I'm really it's just neat I haven't driven this car since I think 1984. quite honestly I've been really impressed then it's just been pretty far he said it did have some offset in it can you feel that it turns left better than right when you're out there oh I'd love to tell you I was good enough to feel something that small but I'm just not uh you know it's only about 3 8 of an inch offset in the front end wait banjo Matthews used to do that with the old cars he would just drill the lower control arm holes a little bit over so I think these snouts were basically all the same just three eighths moved over but instead of shortening the lower control arms I like the NASCAR cars did back then for more offset the lower control arms are equal length so there's only 3 8 of an inch of offset in the front end and no I can't feel that that's interesting look at some of the chassis of the early 2000s where they started to get like every corner of the frame rail was something different and they were all over the place yeah these parts have pretty simple you know but so they don't it doesn't run anything like the new cars run you know that's Evolution whenever you you know you can't put the genie back in the bottle when it comes you know certainly to Machinery…

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