Hi Jim, thanks for the kudos. I really have to work on the site, neither of us ran this year so it's been a bit quiet on that front. I have a bunch of pix I've been meaning to scan to. Something to do in the cold winter months.....
My goal when building the IT car was to be able to do both rally and race. At the time when I started this project there was talk of allowing a class at the Maine Summer Rally that would allow IT cars to run, so I wouldn't have had to compromise with rules (as the car was to be firstly a track car). By the time I finished, rally entry fees up here went over $500 an event, stage miles went down, and I just didn't feel it was worth the investment to get the rest of the gear I needed (codrivers seat, computer etc). And we felt I'd be better off with a completely different suspension so there was more $$$$$$$$$$$$
Needless to say I haven't even done a rallyx up here, so I've stuck to the track and a couple of ice races.
WRT suspension, we went with Leda as Tim had such good luck with them on the Nissan. Affordable is all relative!
I've had people tell me the quotes they've gotten from Leda for 2Gs Escorts are much different than what we paid. The 2G suspension is pretty different than what we have. A Honda guy also got Ledas and paid a similar price to us, so it's not like we got a killer deal on them.
Here is the site, Karl is a great guy to work with:
http://www.racersedge-inc.com/
Good luck!
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