Fatigue chassis

[chiquito1228]

Wondering who here has track there Festiva enough to have seen fatigue. Like stress separation around strut tower and firewall. I have been tracking my Festiva for the last 4 years by track I mean I have autocross, hpde, time attack and hill climbs. I also drive this to all my events. The lower core support has been reinforced.

[theastronaut]

Charlie has more track miles than probably all the rest of us combined, he's never had any chassis issues.

[chiquito1228]

Doesn't he have a full cage on his track Festiva

[theastronaut]

Doesn't he have a full cage on his track Festiva

He does on his newest build, but didn't on his "Tweak" build. Tweak only had the lower rad support mod.

[chiquito1228]

He does on his newest build, but didn't on his "Tweak" build. Tweak only had the lower rad support mod.

Do you often track your Festiva?

[theastronaut]

Do you often track your Festiva?

I've only done a couple of track events in mine, and did a few years of autocross with it.

[chiquito1228]

It seems like only a handful of Festiva actually get track. Am not questioning Charlie Festiva. But we can't always use his as an example.

[theastronaut]

It seems like only a handful of Festiva actually get track. Am not questioning Charlie Festiva. But we can't always use his as an example.

I think he had something like 60k track miles on Tweak, if it was going to have chassis issues he would have found them.

[chiquito1228]

I think he had something like 60k track miles on Tweak, if it was going to have chassis issues he would have found them.

60000 miles???

[theastronaut]

60000 miles???

https://fordfestiva.com/forums/forum/customized-modifications/custom-suspension-brakes-wheels/61300-drilling-hubs-and-drums-for-studs?p=1059968#post1059968