crazy suspension

sixty-nine · Oct 10, 2007

ran into these guys at the off road expo. this **** is crazy funny thing is it works pretty damn good

KarlVP · Oct 10, 2007

There were some folks from Canada that had that same suspension at Top Truck Challenge years ago. It worked pretty well for them too.

sixty-nine · Oct 10, 2007

KarlVP said:
There were some folks from Canada that had that same suspension at Top Truck Challenge years ago. It worked pretty well for them too.

yeah they won the event. its the same guys

Binder · Oct 10, 2007

Same guys that competed in the NWRCA years ago? That one was a turd.

briejer · Oct 10, 2007

Axles and suspension are from a Gama Goat

I talked with them at NWRCA back in 2000....at the time it had open diffs. He had not figured out how to lock it up.

Here is one for $1900

http://images.google.com/imgres?img.../images?q=gama+goat&gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&sa=G

Ostseite von Ihnen · Oct 10, 2007

Geby Wager was his name, that thing was bad ass back in the day! If memory serves me right he drove that bitch from canada to TTC too!

CrustyJeep · Oct 10, 2007

All compression, no droop. Stupid high COG. Move along, nothing to see here.

jeepmauler · Oct 10, 2007

CrustyJeep said:
All compression, no droop. Stupid high COG. Move along, nothing to see here.

X2....Walker built the coolest/strongest IFS ever for his S-10 and eventually scrapped it and went back to solid axles

Not Jobless · Oct 10, 2007

CrustyJeep said:
All compression, no droop. Stupid high COG. Move along, nothing to see here.

Pope Crusty spreading the knowledge :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

sixty-nine · Oct 10, 2007

jeepmauler said:
X2....Walker built the coolest/strongest IFS ever for his S-10 and eventually scrapped it and went back to solid axles

even walkers set up was nothing like this. it wasnt the strongest ifs ever nor did it work all that good. he said himself that he wasnt too sure about it going into making it and decided that it wasnt worth the time and effort it would take to make it work. hence the straight axle.

Ostseite von Ihnen · Oct 10, 2007

Jobless said:
Pope Crusty spreading the knowledge :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

I'm not saying its the greatest or anything but this pic seems like it takes having a high COG quite well.

sixty-nine · Oct 10, 2007

Ostseite von Ihnen said:
Geby Wager was his name, that thing was bad ass back in the day! If memory serves me right he drove that bitch from canada to TTC too!

you are correct. he drove it from kelowna bc all the way down competed and drove home. the people at the magazine paid a guy 1500.00 to follow him home because they didnt believe that he didnt trailer it.

as for the cog the thing sits pretty low driving around town. its computer controlled suspension allows it to change ride height

jeepmauler · Oct 10, 2007

yay.............forced articulation

sixty-nine · Oct 10, 2007

Ostseite von Ihnen said:
I'm not saying its the greatest or anything but this pic seems like it takes having a high COG quite well.

was that last year?

this year the ramp was only at 40*

Binder · Oct 10, 2007

Ostseite von Ihnen said:
I'm not saying its the greatest or anything but this pic seems like it takes having a high COG quite well.

I think my f 250 could do that angle. :gay:

sixty-nine · Oct 10, 2007

jeepmauler said:
yay.............forced articulation

its not always forced but hey you dont like it and thats fine. cool beans for you:awesomework:

sixty-nine · Oct 10, 2007

Binder said:
I think my f 250 could do that angle.

ill pay to see you do that with your f 250

but i aint paying to fix your junk:flipoff:

Lincolnlock · Oct 11, 2007

I followed that thing up Moab Rim Trail. Mind you this is an easy trail. He made it about 100yds before he had to work on it. Then another 100 yds.(Broken again) The thing nearly turned over while dropping off a 3ft ledge at an angle. As far as I'm concered, it looks like a big waste of time and effort.
But to each his own.