Northam mud drags

[gghaggis]

For those who haven't seen it yet, some pics and videos of the Northam mud drags - the D3 and the Rangie came 1st and 2nd :twisted:

Pics at:
4WDriving (http://4wdrivingpics.shutterfly.com/?emid=collectshar&linkid=link5)

(password is "4WD")

Videos at:
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=12609472DF24091C)

Cheers,

Gordon

[LandyAndy]

ONYA GORDON:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
You must have one of the most tortured D3s in the world.:D:D:D:D
Andrew

[Pedro_The_Swift]

If only Gordon could generate the noise out of the Tonka,,
then it would look/sound/perform like the perfect 4wd ;):p:D



no in car vids Gordon???

[gghaggis]

Pedro,

No unfortunately, no in-car shots :(

Andrew,

I think the point is that it just doesn't _seem_ to be tortured in the slightest. I honestly know of no other stock-standard car that you can use as a luxo barge, a people-mover, a tow vehicle, and then just chuck a set of muddies on and run (and win :D) a comp in!!

No mucking around with swapping axles, locking diffs, steering and suspension corrections. Just straight off the show-room floor .........

Well, maybe a TDV8 Rangie Sport :cool::cool:

To be fair, Mike's Rangie _should_ have won - those MIckey T Baja Claws + the Maxi lockers make it pretty unstoppable in mud. But he just wasn't quick enough on the last few runs, in part due to the dreaded hydrophobic petrol V8 getting a little wet .........

Cheers,

Gordon

[LandyAndy]

What was the story with that monster yella tojo????
Appeared to be 2WD???
Pretty ordinary performance!!!
Andrew

[gghaggis]

He was 4WD until the first run - pretty sure the earlier roll-over took its toll on his front diff!

I'm sure he would have got through in 4WD - but I doubt he would have been any faster than the Rangie. It wasn't the most stable of vehicle!

Cheers,

Gordon

[LandyAndy]

Hey Gordon
You had the most stable vehicle with the most UNSTABLE pilot:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p
Andrew

[RichardK]

Hi Gordon,

Looks like a lot of fun, I started to look through the pics last night but ran out of time, will try to run through them before I head off to the UK on Monday.

Incidentally, the winch is now a goer.