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OK I picked up a 82 Toyota Pickup , plan to shorten the frame and install a Subaru Justy body on top, , the Justy is 90" Wheelbase stock. , old jeeps and Sammys are 80" stock. Ill run some 34 or 35" tires just wondering what the trail experts think about a smaller rig and whats the best wheelbase, I wheel mostly up at Walker Valley , thanks guys
 
Hi All:

A Subaru Justy, are you serious? Isn't that like a 50 inch wheel base?? :haha:

Seriously, you want a "medium" wheel base for trail use around the PNW. 95 to 105 inch wheel base seems about right (correct me if I seem wrong guys! :redneck: )

Regards,

Alan
 
I seem to get around pretty good with 82" wb, but I do wish it was 95ish...there are areas it would help, but at the same time my short wb helps where a longer wb is an issue. There is no 'perfect wheelbase'....
 
zukkev said:
There is no 'perfect wheelbase'....
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I agree with this.

But, you can "tune" your wheelbase to your rig if you take track width, COG, weight distribution, and suspension characteristics into play.

I have 105" wheelbase on 33's with a 20" belly. If I was say 10" longer, I feel I would get hung on my belly a lot more, if I was 10" shorter, I feel my rig would have swapped ends on me on a few of the drops I've done.
 
boardbysled said:
I agree with this.

But, you can "tune" your wheelbase to your rig if you take track width, COG, weight distribution, and suspension characteristics into play.

I have 105" wheelbase on 33's with a 20" belly. If I was say 10" longer, I feel I would get hung on my belly a lot more, if I was 10" shorter, I feel my rig would have swapped ends on me on a few of the drops I've done.
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Yup it's all subjective as to what you do. If you run rimrock and like to suck the seat cushion up your ass on the slightest off camber/hill climb/drop off then follow pokey's advice.

If you want to make the "easy" trails hard because you are too fawking long and too wide to just cruise through then build it like mine. 128 1/2" wheelbase, 92" wide, 25" belly on 44's. Fantastic stability, hillclimbs are easy, sidehills are boring but you gotta navigate like a mofo to not drive over tree's etc.

Pick a wheelbase somewhere in the middle and have fun. If it seems too much anything then by all means change it to suit you and your driving style. :D
 
I thought there was a thread on here a couple years ago listing stock wheelbases...

Can't seem to find it... Might have been somewhere else, but I don't get around the net much so figured it was here...
 

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