Show this to your Landcruiser mates!

[1nando]

Hi guys,

stumbled across this on youtube, enjoy:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVF5lFgZy2o

[ATH]

You should put it on Exploroz and such like and hear the screams of "troll" and "trick filming" etc.
AlanH.

[PAT303]

Do we have a Exploroz member that can do it,it would be a laugh.

[Ranga]

Ok, I'll bite - why does the Defender win? Power to weight ratio? Traction?

[PAT303]

Have you ever seen a Pirelli calendar?,look at the slogan ''power is nothing without control''.No one ever see's it because their too distracted by the picture of a naked chick draped over a Porsche [bigwhistle]. Pat

[Eevo]

Ok, I'll bite - why does the Defender win? Power to weight ratio? Traction?

ability to put power/torque to ground

[spudboy]

Maybe: Better tyres. Lower tyre pressures. Lucky patch of ground to start from....

[1nando]

The leafs in the cruiser keep the vehicle from squatting and getting as much traction. The defenders coils allows the vehicle to squat getting more traction and allowing for drive.
Its like drag racing, the harder the rear of the vehicle can squat, gain traction and launch of the start line the quicker the quater times!
Thats a plausible reason........but the fact is:


ITS A LANDY!😉

[PAT303]

Maybe: Better tyres. Lower tyre pressures. Lucky patch of ground to start from....

Nope,it's as Eevo said. Pat

[rangieman]

Just your average reliable joke[bigwhistle]

[DiscoMick]

Lower gearing in low-first gear plus better traction control to stop wheels spinning and anti-stall so the engine keeps running?

[rar110]

Lower gearing in low-first gear plus better traction control to stop wheels spinning and anti-stall so the engine keeps running?

I agree with DiscoMick. Spinning wheels are not the best way to achieve transferring available torque against the ground. Spinning wheels don't convert traction to momentum efficiently. Traction control is why modern landrovers even an Evoque are excellent off-road despite the handy cap of no low range.

[PAT303]

Go on youtube and look up the Defender and a Raptor I think it is video,you can hear the axle tramp from the Raptor yet nothing from the Defender,it's more than just traction Control effecting the outcome.

[Robmacca]

It wouldn't be because the Defender ute had some hidden weight in the ute section that we don't see ?? Just asking :)

[catch-22]

It wouldn't be because the Defender ute had some hidden weight in the ute section that we don't see ?? Just asking :)

By the looks of it the cruiser should weigh a heck of a lot more and should be able to hold its ground. I'm very impressed.

[NT5224]

Hey that Ute is just like my 110 Hector! :)

I have a neighbour who drives a new lifted 70 series Tojo and he's always ribbing me about my own choice of Ute. Gotta show him this!

Fella's, that's a 110 Ute (I'd say a Hi-cap). Unless something changed in the last years of Land Rover production, I'd say it probably doesn't have traction control. The heavy-duty optioned trucks like Hector and all the 130's don't. Could that be a factor?

I assume the Toyota does have traction control....

Its likely the Land Rover in the clip is in first low (anti-stall), look at the speed of progress.

Alan