well phillipe,
we entered the dirt road section and hit a few big holes, the front bottomed out and after a while i just had to stop to see the damage - none,
some pics -
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well phillipe,
we entered the dirt road section and hit a few big holes, the front bottomed out and after a while i just had to stop to see the damage - none,
some pics -
Nice:)
How'd it effect your gearing??
TIM.
Great stuff harry, the car looks awesome with those tyres :cool: and again great job on the guards :DQuote:
Originally Posted by harry
The benefit of running those tyres on standard offset rims is it wil probably only be hitting the top and inside of the wheel arch, rather then the back and guards, much nicer on both the tyres and panels :) The down side is probably lack of turning circle :mad: Looking forward to seeing it in action at Crystal Creek :twisted:
I had the issue on the blue beast running the Silverstones on std Disco steel rims, would touch the outside of the spring mount on compression at the front and rub inside the guard on the rear (woould have a shiny spot in the guard after a while :D). But the Mt117 sports are a pretty wide tyre for a 285 may I add.
I would run the std offset again if I had to but on alloys, those Silverstones are bloody heavy with steel rims to boot :eek:
Trav
well, as the speedo reads 90 kph for 100 gps, the revs are down.Quote:
Originally Posted by long stroke
it does need a down change to get up and go, but on a 110 kph road she is running in the sweet spot.
off road, seems to be no difference, but it is an auto, so that compensates a bit, still to really do track work with serious mates,
had a few crimping moments on our trip, but didn't get to think about it too much.
still to work out fuel eco, nah, that won't be the word, fuel usage, as the trip had some hiccups in the fuel world.
standard unleaded, two stroke, fuelling problems, dirt roads, sand roads, air con on, battery going flat, what else.
flex on the fork lift is good, and road jounces to bottom out under heavy load seem to be ok, but the rear will still rub the mud flap holders, front doesn't seem to hit at all.
It's a V8, who gives a toss about fuel economy :twisted:
Autos with 33's is better than a manual off-road, learned that the hard way on the extreme creek run at Ormeau a couple of weeks ago (could be the driver too :angel:).
Trav
From my own experiance you can never replicate true off road flex. Trust me I've tried;)Quote:
Originally Posted by harry
Justin