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Must be to protect the driveline from debris coming off the front tires. Cannot imagine it is for the benefit of other race competitors unless this is a required item to race in particular events.
bloc
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It's insurance from flying rocks.
Do any digging on rally, dakar, or US desert race vehicles, and protecting the underside of the car and especially the rear suspension from the rocks that go flying from the front tires is a huge deal.
The Dakar 200s (and I'm sure 300s) have very involved sheets of hard plastic attached to the rear lower control arms, set up to hinge where needed, to deflect all the flying stuff downward where it can't destroy shocks, brake lines, etc. It's pretty interesting to see these solutions to problems most of us wouldn't think about.
Do any digging on rally, dakar, or US desert race vehicles, and protecting the underside of the car and especially the rear suspension from the rocks that go flying from the front tires is a huge deal.
The Dakar 200s (and I'm sure 300s) have very involved sheets of hard plastic attached to the rear lower control arms, set up to hinge where needed, to deflect all the flying stuff downward where it can't destroy shocks, brake lines, etc. It's pretty interesting to see these solutions to problems most of us wouldn't think about.
bloc
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Here's the dakar 200 rear suspension shock and guard setup. Credit to Kurt, via DMC
Brilliant setup. I have not previously paid any attention to specific builds for desert racing rigs and as a result never noticed that they commonly run debris shields.
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As noted, it protects our rear shocks primarily.
bloc
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Is the brake rotor... aluminum?
It's a special proprietary alloy.
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Hey Mike, welcome to Mud!
Idaho Savage
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When is Monica's next go?
Glad to finally be here. Better late than never...
Box Rocket
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Team Canguro is full force here in Mexico. Last year we ran Monica and supported the Jaos LX600 efforts. This year we are here solely to support their race efforts including driving and co-driving duties in their car.
I've started a thread on this years adventure here:
forum.ih8mud.com
I've started a thread on this years adventure here:
2023 Baja 1000 with Jaos Lexus LX600
We've made the trek to La Paz at the bottom of the Baja peninsula. We celebrated with late night tacos with Jaos/Toyota team from Japan. We've got a few days for final prep and testing. The LX600 has had some major changes in the past year. 37" tires, larger KYB shocks, additional bumps tops...
forum.ih8mud.com
Team Canguro is full force here in Mexico. Last year we ran Monica and supported the Jaos LX600 efforts. This year we are here solely to support their race efforts including driving and co-driving duties in their car.
I've started a thread on this years adventure here:
2023 Baja 1000 with Jaos Lexus LX600
We've made the trek to La Paz at the bottom of the Baja peninsula. We celebrated with late night tacos with Jaos/Toyota team from Japan. We've got a few days for final prep and testing. The LX600 has had some major changes in the past year. 37" tires, larger KYB shocks, additional bumps tops...
Curious what the root cause of last years issue was?
Kurt can correct me, but I recall from a conversation that a camshaft sensor wasn't fully tighten and backed out.
Hate it when one of the horses try to escape from under the hood. That's racing.