Thread: Sitec's 101..

Widows from one of the top tracks...

Then it was on down to The Granites and Kingstone SE. Beautiful spot. And the tide was out.. 1'st gear low and a crawl so as not to mark the rocks and a great photo op was found! Sadly when we returned the following morning, we could see someone else had had a go (probably in a car judging by the towbar hole in the sand!!) and left rubber.. Bit of water and a brush had that gone tho!

SWMBO was not exactly enamoured with the whole idea!!

these are awesome piccies

Originally Posted by Epic_Dragon

these are awesome piccies

Thank!! There were some fantastic things to look at down there!! These shells were in piles at the top of every crest on 42 Mile Crossing.. Each crest was only 100' apart!! Lots of shells... Soft too!!

Originally Posted by Sitec

Well, we've had an awesome Long Weekend!! We've covered 650kms in the 101... A large part of that was at 100kph and 110kph. The rest of it was all low box work in some very soft sand!!! 42 Mile Crossing and the surrounds!! We conquered!! Here's a shot of us getting off the beach.. We had to go back along the top track on a rescue mission!!

I love that 101.

Do you find it digs in in soft sand with that heavy motor? I find my IIA goes better in soft sand than my isuzu powered 110 - I think mainly because of the lighter engine and lighter overall weight of the IIA - even though it only has about 1/3 the power and torque.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

I love that 101.

Do you find it digs in in soft sand with that heavy motor? I find my IIA goes better in soft sand than my isuzu powered 110 - I think mainly because of the lighter engine and lighter overall weight of the IIA - even though it only has about 1/3 the power and torque.

Its not that bad to be honest, I aired down from 45psi to 20psi, and managed to keep moving where the Rodeo and Pathfinder we were with got bogged. The torque was awesome, the other two were running in 2nd or third low with engines working, and we were running at about 1200rpm in 5th low most of the time. I could have probably gone lower with the tyres but only struggled once (in the first pic). This was more a bit of 'too much right foot' when I was needing to get to higher ground so as to be able to extract the Rodeo who faltered on the lower ground.. The tide was coming in, and we decided to camp soon after!! The XZL's are a bit to lugged to be ideal in the sand, and I'd be interested to see what a similar sized truck tyre would do...

We are all a bit quiet in 101 corner of late eh... So I thought I'd do a bit more today and change that. My 101 is currently off the road at the mo, as there's little point pounding around the country when I have a small diesel car in the shed! So, with it off the road, I can get on with a few jobs before the next adventure over to Wombat! One thing I've learned is that even with the front axle hard on the bump stops when stationary, the front prop clears the bell housing (just), but there's obviously a fair bit of movement when its pounding thru dunes etc, because it manages to touch occasionally.... Not good! So, I've a bit of dye grinding to do! I've also got a few oils to change, a bit more sound proofing, wheels to swap around, etc. one job that does need doing is a lighting upgrade. So with that in mind, it was off with the front bumper!!!