Thread: Spinning the wheels!

Originally Posted by Dougal

What's the front/rear weight balance on your 110 Ben?

My rangie is IIRC 1130 rear, 1170 front with half a tank.

Unlocked it will spin up a front or rear wheel in third on uphill damp corners depending on how you take the corner.
On gravel with CDL in it throws gravel from all four. How evenly I don't know, I don't have fr/rr difflocks or ways to monitor each wheels speed. But the tracks it leaves appear pretty even.

It appears something is lost in translation if people think I'm doing locked 4 wheel uphill burnouts on tarmac.

Care to repeat it without the arbs locked, but with CDL in Ben?

Originally Posted by Dougal

What vehicle is this in and what is your resulting rpm at 100km/h?

I went the other way in my rangerover, from 1.22:1 to 1.003:1. I saved some fuel doing it and cut noise in a huge way. Was 2500rpm at 100km/h, now 2000rpm.

Of course mine is turbo'd and shifts it's 2.3T very well. Squeals wheels in second on dry tarmac.

Originally Posted by Dougal

You don't need many revs when you can spin all four in 3rd.

But first you need the gauges so you know when to stop turning the screws.

so i guess we need to try again, but this time in second or third

Originally Posted by isuzurover

So (as much as I hate to say it ) - it seems Matt (rovercare) is right.

But I already knew that

Funny thread

Can't be done

Oh, but a SAAB turbo will happily spin the front wheel straight to the rev limiter with reasonable persuassion and a light hump in the road

Originally Posted by rovercare

But I already knew that

Funny thread

Can't be done

What exactly is it that can't be done?

The 4 wheel uphill burnout on tarmac that you think I was talking about or squealing wheels on tarmac which I was talking about?

Originally Posted by Dougal

What exactly is it that can't be done?

The 4 wheel uphill burnout on tarmac that you think I was talking about or squealing wheels on tarmac which I was talking about?

I have to repeat?......again?.....

You can NOT spin all 4 wheels without 3 diff's locked

You CAN drift all 4 wheels unlocked

And with 3 diffs locked, with a 351 windsor, in low range, all you get is a little spin and massive hook up

With a dirty little oiler....nothing

Originally Posted by Dougal

Care to repeat it without the arbs locked, but with CDL in Ben?

Will do next time it rains (if ever - over here ). However I would need a couple of observers to see if 2 wheels spin or all 4.

I will repeat all 3 variations next time I am on gravel as well.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Will do next time it rains (if ever - over here ). However I would need a couple of observers to see if 2 wheels spin or all 4.

I will repeat all 3 variations next time I am on gravel as well.

Why? Don't you know how a diff works?
If anything spins with the CDL unlocked, but front diff locked, it will be both fronts. Chances of spinning all four are very slim.

A 300Tdi can very easily spin wheels on dry bitumen (at least mine could) my daughter demonstrated to me a number of times when she was learning to drive


Martyn