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    Hobby horse? Need to to explain that motion and event in a little more detail.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kung fu jesus View Post
    Hobby horse? Need to to explain that motion and event in a little more detail.
    Basically, there's two humps in the road close to each other. The car hops a little bit over the first one, dips between the two, then practically launches off the second one--but it seems to only do this from the front.
    Quote Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
    I dont know a word you just said, but that **** sounded COOL.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bryan View Post
    Basically, there's two humps in the road close to each other. The car hops a little bit over the first one, dips between the two, then practically launches off the second one--but it seems to only do this from the front.
    Embarrassed to ask, what spring and dampers are you running currently?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kung fu jesus View Post
    Embarrassed to ask, what spring and dampers are you running currently?
    MSM Bilsteins with 550/375 springs. Goodwin hats in the rear.

    Screenshot_20170816-114327 by Bryan Wyatt, on Flickr

    This was them before I cut the coilover sleeves a little bit.
    Quote Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
    I dont know a word you just said, but that **** sounded COOL.

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    That’s seems to describe an underdamped configuration on rebound (too much spring).

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    Quote Originally Posted by kung fu jesus View Post
    That’s seems to describe an underdamped configuration on rebound (too much spring).
    Figured.

    Oh well...it's never dangerous, and that's the only spot I really don't like it.
    Quote Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
    I dont know a word you just said, but that **** sounded COOL.

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    Car's been good. Need to change oil before MATG, but otherwise good.
    Quote Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
    I dont know a word you just said, but that **** sounded COOL.

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    The Tick did fine at MATG this year. Contis are bomb.com. Glad I left the rack depowered. Lots of flack over not painting it (yet). Yeet.


    This car is practically the MATG mascot at this point.


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    Quote Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
    I dont know a word you just said, but that **** sounded COOL.

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    5,000 rpm - there be torque here! Greasemonkey2000's Avatar
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    So glad you made it with Tick, Bryan! Thanks for the pics!
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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift HarryB's Avatar
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    So glad I see you enjoying the car again! MATG looks like a blast!

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    In the quest to cross off culprits for this stupid clunk from the front end (still there...) I'm left with...(in no particular order)

    1.) Front Sway Bar bushings
    2.) Upper Control Arm bushings
    3.) Upper Ball Joint
    4.) Inner Tie Rods

    I've considered knocking out two of them by replacing the UCA's on both sides. One is original to the car, and the other was bought used. Considering the clunk is on both sides, I'm inclined to believe it's not just that arm. Now, OEM from Priority is $150 per. I could get some Mevotechs for about $60 shipped.

    Which would you do?

    Also: how much noise do old inner tie rods make, particularly over bumps?
    Quote Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
    I dont know a word you just said, but that **** sounded COOL.

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    5,000 rpm - there be torque here! MiataQuest's Avatar
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    If you have a lot of miles on the components, do them all.
    Justify it as a maintenance & safety action even if it does not solve your noise.
    Also check for things loose with your disc brakes and your coil over shocks.

    It was great to see that you got your car back together and made it to MATG.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MiataQuest View Post
    If you have a lot of miles on the components, do them all.
    Justify it as a maintenance & safety action even if it does not solve your noise.
    Also check for things loose with your disc brakes and your coil over shocks.

    It was great to see that you got your car back together and made it to MATG.
    At this point, I'm planning to replace the arms one way or another. I just don't know whether to spring for OEM or just do aftermarket. I did aftermarket for the lower arms (OEM lower ball joints, tho) after the accident when the used arm I used as a replacement was shown to have pretty rotted out bushings. They were cheap RockAuto specials, tho, so we'll see if I regret that...
    Quote Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
    I dont know a word you just said, but that **** sounded COOL.

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    I would not consider arms a "consumable". If they were bent you would have noticed in alignment, and if they are the source of the clunk, the would have marks when touching/rubbing other components. I had a similar issue with the rear passenger side after alignment; turns out the alignment guy hat tightened down the bolts to his best judgement, but not up to the torque specs. Torqued them down, noise gone.

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    My wife’s NB clunked in the FR, it was a perished bushing on the LCA and you could feel it through the steering wheel. The alignment was walking around because of that too.

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