te72;1871106 said:
Does it just depend on the track that you're at, as far as smoothness? I have literally no real life experience on a track (other than a couple minor kart tracks as a kid), so Gran Turismo and Youtube are my only point of reference... seems to me though, that some tracks (Spa comes to mind) are REALLY rough on the curbs, which would encourage me to stay off them, while some tracks are nice and smooth.
That is correct ,different tracks will have more or less aggressive curbs. For example in my LDZ evolution Supra ,I tracked the car for 2 years going to 4 or 5 tracks with no problems ,then decided to go to a really old track in the area with very aggressive curbs - first time I cracked my 1JZ block and lost my serpentine belt ,second time on the track cracked my 2jz blocked and lost my belt again... finally got the A/C plate mod and never had issues again.
SPA is IMO the best track on earth ,not sure about their curbs but I hope to find out one day
BTW in 88 ,89 and 90 the so called "MK3 Group A clash of the titans" happened on the Enduro races on SPA. The Factory Toyota team with cars similar to John's Supra could not beat the time set by a rather small private European team that had no factory backing whatsoever. Not only that but the Factory MKIII Supras were turbo and the European team was running N/A 7m-GE !!! TRD tried really hard by spending hundreds of thousands of dollars ,flying crew ,drivers and cars from Japan in 2 consecutive years ,but accomplished nothing other than proofing that their GroupA program was a total failure.
