Well Round 2 of NZ rally Champs has finished, and what a battle it was! The EP3 won on both Saturdays and Sundays legs, but our DC5 has been flying! After a tremendous battle on Leg 1, we trailed the EP3 by just 37s at the finish. Leg 2 on Sunday saw the two Hondas out in front again, with our DC5 leading,,,,,,,until a drive axle broke, sending the car spearing off the road into the scenery, with the crew as passengers. End result,: one very bent DC5, needing lots of new parts.... of course the EP3 has gone on to win Leg 2 , and take a virtually unassailable lead, with three rounds to go!
We now have the difficult and expensive task of sourcing and replacing both front guards, subframe, lower arms, bonnet, hatch, windscreen, rear screen, rear wing, and patch up the many dings the car took as it plunmmeted 20' down into a stream!....Any advice about where to source strentghened axles would be appreciated. We run an ATS brand carbon plate LSD, with approx 60lb torque setting.
Needless to say, the team will be out of action for two months while we repair!!