Todd Wooten said:
Wyatt,
Thank you for the post. I shared this as an example of what it takes to create heat. High speeds create the most heat. Yet even with abuse like this our case has been known to run at very low temps. Heat and shock load are what kills more parts than anything and this video is a prime example of pure abuse on product. We are tickled to see stuff like this and anyone else that is pushing their rig to the limit. That's the exact market our product was intended for, U4 and Rock Bouncers who want something that will hold up to pure shock load.
Thanks again man! Your video had me on the edge of my chair!
Todd-
I appreciate it, I will say I was angry, pissed, and had major words for you when I saw you at KOH in the midst of all of this, last year. But when i found you, you had been drinking for a very long time that day, and I elected to not have the convo at that time.
And with my schedule during KOH & Parker last year being on top of each other, and racing both and qualifying for both, and being 3 hours separate on a map. And when I tried to re-track you down, I found that Terry Madden had raided that case for other parts for his, so I know you never got a chance to inspect the one video'd below.
Andy certainly had heard my complaints. I hope you have since fixed them, but your Quality Control at the end of 2014/beginning of 2015 was ****.
For others, to understand why I was pissed. Video.
New Hero case, front output issue.
Now for the good. As you read earlier, once the thing was right, and the new one was actually not junked together, the things flat worked. I ran that car up to 144mph on pavement in highside (testing), and 132mph on dirt in highside (Mint 2015), and 113mph on dirt in lowside 1.5:1 (Parker425 2015).
So this video is the forward facing counterpart to that other post with the rearfacing which is hard to tell truly how rough that section is. Front facing with 22" of travel on 40" Nittos.
And at the end you hear that we are hot, and my co-driver saying we need out of lowside.
The plan was to start off the line in 4wd low for the launch down the highway in Parker, AZ, and then shift to highside when we made the left into the dirt but before the railroad tracks. I made the left, and lifted while my co-driver was to shift the Hero. It didnt come out of Low immediately, so he said "Go, go, go!" I believed we'd shifted, was not informed until we were hot that he hadn't been able to get the shift done.
Enjoy!
Testing low range at 113mph.
