Was enjoying the winding country roads up in the catskills a little too much and inadvertently went airborne over a rise in the road, not too much, my best guess was maybe a foot or so.

Landed on the dowhill side of the transition. Car was smooth when it came back down, heard the suspension making a small clicking sound and the shocks absorbed it all, didn't bottom out or anything. So that seemed ok. Does it damage the motor mounts to load and unload the car like that? Im guessing nothing more harmful than driving through potholes in NYC right?

 

I'm sure everything is fine. If you think NYC potholes are bad, come take a trip up to where I live! Just to give you an idea, "The city fills about 400,000 potholes a year."

 

and the city is 1/20th the size of nyc lol!

 

its alright
the evo are rally car
they are meant to handle rough road and airborne
dont worry about it
lucky u didnt have a lip
or else u would have probably rip it out

 

I always thought that none of the stock Evo's had rally ready suspensions.

I know in the RA manual, they probably suspected people might be a little rough with it and there's a specific section that says do not drive on rough roads, probably cause the suspension's set up so stiff.

Makes driving in NYC a pretty hairy experience.

 

ive seen that happen a few times in nyc.

 

I swear i almost drove into one of those going across the 59th st bridge, it was effin HUGE. Thing would have ate my car's front end.

 

i accidently caught air on my way into boston because of the construction on 93. usually when the sign says "bump" its not that bad, this time it was worse haha. not a good time. my friend and i both hit the roof. i take it super slow through there now.

 

must've been going real fast for ur car to plane lol

If it wasn't this high, I doubt you need to worry:

 

Nah, I think I was only doing like 50 or so. I remember specifically my gf being surprised cause we were doing the speed limit.

 

Your alignment might get a little messed up. Or a lot messed up. I've gotten my RA airborne a few times on a nice hill near my house. Plenty of lift, and through the air for maybe a car length. 130kmh off the crest, and still a smooth landing.

I dont do this any more. alignments cost too much.

 

Did it mess up your alignment right away? Or did it take some time before you realized?

 

What area are you from? Check out here https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/to...ncer-club-305/
and bring your RA to one of the meets. And save that sort of driving for one of our track events!

 

Based on the description, it likely did nothing at all. Don't make a habit out of it, despite the marketing, there isn't a Mitsubishi out there that is designed for rally abuse straight out of the factory.

 

Right

they're rally "inspired" . . . not rally "ready"