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How come the trees and grass are growing out of the hill at a funny angle?
Dat's 'cos they are growing vertically....towards the light...on the side of a hill ;)
Its real from where im sitting and if thats nice solid rock with no sand or dust on it its possable on soft road tires with an auto box and those fancy 4WD computers rangys have
If that's fair dinkum, i'm Maria Venuti
I'm with Andy. It looked like the camera was held level and the shit that these new disco's can do is pretty full on. I thought he was gonna run on down hill for a while.
It looks steeper than it is going off the person standing at the bottum.
Damn thats steep.
nice to meet you maria I reckon it's real alright and not that unbelievable If I knew how to put shit on here from my video camera I'd show u a landcruiser going just as steep but I'd like to see how the shitty rovers go with a few ruts and step ups thrown into the equation (and I'm sorry I know there are people on here that own rovers, but I'm an auto electrician and when you have to work on them you can't help but hate them)Quote:
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If that's fair dinkum, i'm Maria Venuti
I'm waving the bullshit flag, you can see on the first one how he twists the camera as the car hits the slope
While we are on the 4wd topic,
has anybody seen pics or video of the winch to towball trick?
A mate told me on the weekend kids run the winch cable over the roof onto the towball, start the winch and do the bolt and watch the 4wd bend itself in half.
Nah, I reckon that's real. Fucking suicidal, but real all the same. Check the weight transfer.
looking at that i'm tipping its real, those new rangies come standard with diff locks and fancy traction control, but i would like to see how it'd go somewhere with some decent ruts
Real or not, that's NUTS. I can understand with the pro crawlers, but for a factory car to do that.. woah.
I was thinking that with the second one as he started to lift the front. If he'd dropped his rear left into a slight depression he would have been fucked. I wanna se someone try to do that in a SWB cruiser or a zook.Quote:
quote:Originally posted by MuZ
looking at that i'm tipping its real, those new rangies come standard with diff locks and fancy traction control, but i would like to see how it'd go somewhere with some decent ruts
i wanna see someone do it on a segway
I want to see that!!!!! [}:)]Quote:
quote:Originally posted by suxukifreak
While we are on the 4wd topic,
has anybody seen pics or video of the winch to towball trick?
A mate told me on the weekend kids run the winch cable over the roof onto the towball, start the winch and do the bolt and watch the 4wd bend itself in half.
suxuki I have no pics but have heard of it happening and also pulling the cable out and hooking it up a tree and they put a split pin in the plug to power it up all the time and I agree with muz it may have fiff lock but they have no ground clearance so anything with a decent bump will stop it
and anyone that 4wd's seriously knows u don't stick ur arm out the window like that dickhead is
If that's real, the guy at the bottom of the hill must be leaning into a force 9 gale!
I have no doubt that it is a steep incline, but the angle is exagerated by the cameraperson.
The centre diff lock is not a diff lock. Traction control is not a diff lock either. The centre diff lock stops the front to rear wheel power transfer, with the centre diff lock off you can jack one front wheel in the air and stop the vehicle moving. The traction control works by applying brakes to the wheel slipping, only realy works with limited slip diff.Quote:
quote:Originally posted by MuZ
looking at that i'm tipping its real, those new rangies come standard with diff locks and fancy traction control, but i would like to see how it'd go somewhere with some decent ruts
You can see the angle at the bottum when the disco starts and when the rangy finishes, the gradiant does not apper to change as they climb. It is not what I would call steep and is a flat surface. I would say with some air out of the tyres a turcel would drive it.
I've had the front wheels leave the ground in my 80 series cruiser going up hill. Bloke in the front seat head butted the windscreen screaming FFFAAAARRRRRRKK!!!. And done it with a can in my hand.
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I've had the front wheels leave the ground in my 80 series cruiser going up hill. Bloke in the front seat head butted the windscreen screaming FFFAAAARRRRRRKK!!!. And done it with a can in my hand.
:D
Real.
thats clearly real anyone who knows there 4x4's knows it possible
thats game to do it with a 60,000$ rover or whatever there worth.
Also the modern rovers have adjustable syspension so they have more ground clearance than they let on whne u see them around the suburbs.
Here's some photo's of my mates fourby, went up plenty of shit as steep as that vid. Is "slightly" modified though. It's now a ute with a small block Chev in it.
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1261358353.jpg
Jacked up Patrol couldn't get up this rock
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1261438102.jpg
Cruiser does it easy!!
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1261416393.jpg
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1261367087.jpg
pappas look at what your comparing, just the tyre size is enough to make a difference.
Yeah mate wasn't really being serious with the comparo. Just remembered I had these photo's and thought I would share.
that looks like yalwal out the back of nowra, is it?
Nope. It's at Menai.
Ah, I remember the days of bbq's at the top of Prado Hill. Awesome place Menai. Shame it's only open to clubs now, and Appins closed off for good too I hear.
Check this out http://www.orp.com.au/Mpegs/Storman99-0.wmv
pappas pics reminded me of this vid [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsxRgPWPjGw[/youtube] [^]
Fuck yeah!Quote:
pretty good for what looks like a stocker huh pappas ?
okay probably a noob question.. but. what do you guys do when hittin water like that in a petrol engine, (especially a jap v8!) to make sure the plugs/leads and other shit doesnt get full of water n stop working?
I'm after a diesel luxy for this reason. So I can fill the fucking thing with water thru the windows and not have to swim out if it stalls.
Mate of mine worked ad a merc dealers and some douche tried to drive a brand new "4wd" merc thru a deep creek and filled the guts with water/ and fucked everything (hilarious) zillions of bucks worth of engine now all bent and full of water
holy SHIT thats awesome.Quote:
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quote:Originally posted by 336LJ
okay probably a noob question.. but. what do you guys do when hittin water like that in a petrol engine, (especially a jap v8!) to make sure the plugs/leads and other shit doesnt get full of water n stop working?
I'm after a diesel luxy for this reason. So I can fill the fucking thing with water thru the windows and not have to swim out if it stalls.
Mate of mine worked ad a merc dealers and some douche tried to drive a brand new "4wd" merc thru a deep creek and filled the guts with water/ and fucked everything (hilarious) zillions of bucks worth of engine now all bent and full of water
There's a few different things you can do depending on the situation. The first thing to do if you are going to drive in water higher than the headlights is to fit a snorkel. Merc boy wouldn't have had one and water---->intake---->Cylinder---->Piston tries to compress water(which is basically impossible to compress)---->If you're lucky, just bent rods, more likely you'll be doing cams, valves, cranks, and casings too. Also known as fucking your engine.
If you are doing a water crossing the key is to maintain momentum so that the front of the vehicle creates a bow wave. This actually causes the engine and electrical components to stay relatively dry as they are in the depression behind the wave. If you stall out in the middle of a crossing and you don't have a snorkel you have to winch out, remove plugs, crank the engine till all water is expelled from cylinders, and then wait for everything to dry out before attempting to start off again. Also pays to hang the air filter out to dry (or even better swap it out)and use a towel on the airbox and ducting as much as possible.
Water bras (basically a tarp or canvas sheet draped across the front of the vehicle) are good too. Especially if you have a non-switchable thermo fan. They can act as propellers and drive the fan into the rad. I've never seen it but it can happen apparently.
A good coating of Lanolin or something similar around the dizzy, leads and plugs works wonders too. Basically, you just need to run a few preventative measures and you will be sweet 99.9% of the time. It really helps if you go out with a few experienced wheelers for the first few times so you can see how they set their shit up and different driving techniques etc.
Not sure what model lux you're looking at but the earlier diesels need a good tailwind and about 45mins to reach 60km/h. Just sayin'.
That 1UZ lux belongs to a dude named Dave. He's had it for years and it's been through a fair few changes. It's pretty fucking sweet, he's done all the work himself. He's part of the 3rd rock 4wd club in Vic. They have a website if you want to see the build up. The vid Old Gsxrr posted was from either the woodpecker challenge or Nissan trials IIRC. There's a fair few vids from both comps online if you like that sort of thing.
The latest comp that's starting to get big money thrown at it in the states is called King of the Hammers. It mixes high speed desert racing with some hardcore rock sections. They race with purpose built tube framed buggies usually running very hi-po V8s and crazy tyre/suspension combos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3h89lAbzeU
Regardless of whether you're into it or not, there is some absolutely amazing engineering and design behind some of those vehicles.[8D]