Street (Regular) vs Racing Ball Joints

[TanMan]

Great example, thanks for sharing!

I've caught myself countless times starting to make decisions on things to benefit my car when road racing, but will make it trash when doing tours or rallys. I just remind myself that I'll be racing for fun and while it would be nice to be competitive to the point of not being last, I'm not in it to win anything. I want to be able to drive to the track and back home, to do One Lap of America and not be beat to hell by my car while driving it between events, to not have to do maintenance every single weekend if I haven't done a racing event or am prepping for one.

It's a tough balance to strike deciding where to compromise and where not to.

Very well put. Nearly every decision on each vehicle component is a struggle. The more racecar-oriented you go, the less streetable things become, and then you can end up with a car you don’t even want to drive.



Personally, I want to have it all. I want an all-out racecar that is still comfortable, reliable, affordable... Slowly realizing that’s not how this works. With every benefit there is a drawback, no way around it!