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  1. 27th March 2008, 09:24 AM #1
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    Northam mud drags

    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

    Pics at:
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    (password is "4WD")

    Videos at:
    YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

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    Gordon
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  2. 28th March 2008, 11:48 AM #2
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    ONYA GORDON
    You must have one of the most tortured D3s in the world.
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    If only Gordon could generate the noise out of the Tonka,,
    then it would look/sound/perform like the perfect 4wd



    no in car vids Gordon???
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    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 ) 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

    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 .........

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

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    Hey Gordon
    You had the most stable vehicle with the most UNSTABLE pilot
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    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.
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