Rally Camry; am I truly crazy?

[jg09]

I'm planning on building up my 1988 Toyota Camry Wagon into a mildly built rally car. I'm going to fabricate 2.5" or 3" coil spacers, upgrade the steering for strength, trim the fenders, run a mildly bigger tire/wheel combo, fabricate a roll cage, remove the rear seats, put in racing seats and harnesses up front, and put in a fuel cell.

[Brian R.]

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[xfeejayx]

you're going to have to do a lot more to the suspension than that. I'd imagine the wheel bearings getting destroyed, though i'm not sure. If you just want a camry that can kinda drive in the dirt, I guess that'll work. Not trying to rain on your parade, but I wouldn't call it a rally car.

[jg09]

Originally Posted by xfeejayx

you're going to have to do a lot more to the suspension than that. I'd imagine the wheel bearings getting destroyed, though i'm not sure. If you just want a camry that can kinda drive in the dirt, I guess that'll work. Not trying to rain on your parade, but I wouldn't call it a rally car.

Also going to be done: Change out the suspension, get a decent strut/spring set, also going to change out the old rubber bushings and replace them with something stiffer, likely polyurethane, but that might be a bit hard to find for that car, a steel plate between the coilover and the strut tower to reinforce the strut towers, and a strut tower bar so I can stiffen up the front.