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Everything is a trade-off. Tacoma stuff has to be stronger to handle the abuse off-road, so they're more expensive than Trans Am parts.

Trans Am haircuts cost a bit more, so it balances out.

 

hahahahaha

how do you know this? was this you before you traded your transam in on a non functional baja tacoma?

 

Nah, I had a non-functional Mustang before my non-functional Tacoma. I had to race these guys.

 

sooo...you looked like a 16 year old girl whos daddy buys her everything?

 

I looked AT the 16 year old girls whose daddies bought them everything. I was younger, so it was ok.

It was a 1966 coupe that I restored. It was my first big vehicular project so the car was very basic (6 cylinder, manual steering, manual brakes) and, expectedly, s-l-o-w. Still, it looked good so everyone wanted to race.

 

weeelllll since it was old i guess its ok haha

 

No way. They have to overcome lateral accel, stopping, and accel, and thats it. Off roading has similar forces applied to the suspension, pluss the added excitement of large bumps, rocks rough roads, and landing from jumps. Thats why a car on a road course can get by with 4" of suspension travel. AND, Most cars are MUCH lighter than a truck.

 

race cars arent designed to do this

 

1g+ of latteral accel is nothing compared to a 5000# truck falling from 4'+ in the air.....Or hitting a 2 foot bump at 60 mph. Thing is, road race cars have different forces applied to their suspension. They have MUCH thicker sway bars, firmer springs, smaller diameter tires, etc. The forces they experiance are different than a trucks. Its pretty easy to make a suspension strong enough to handle a hard corner. Its a different story to make one that can handle a landing, or 60 mph whoops, while keeping a 5000# truck suspended.