So I noticed oil on the driver side frame after getting home from Motorstate, it turns out it is shock oil.
This is the second shock I have had an issue with. My subframe has no bumpstops, prior to my swaybar upgrade I bottomed one out and it leaked, now this.
The shocks have been on the car since summer of 09 with several track days and no incident. So here are some pics of the suspension and I'm wondering what loads will be placed on the upper and lower a-arms when contacting a stop. I'm running 600 lb springs and still had 3/4" compression available on both shocks. The car was setup right at the midway point of shock travel. Total travel is 4 1/4" with a 1/4" o-ring as a shock compression bump stop. So the effective shock travel is 4" at the limits.
I'm getting tired of shock damage as it gets expensive, not to mention down time on the car.
I'm thinking of adding a bump-stop to the bottom of the frame-rail for compression, and fabricating a bracket with the bump-stop contacting the upper a-arm adjustment turn-buckle. My concern is the loads that may be placed on the control arms when contacting a stop. I think having the upper bump-stop contact the a-arm at the cross-shaft would be better, but then I get into packaging problems with the sway-bar arm's travel and providing enough support for the stops mount. Help .................
Thoughts?
