NEW 4WDs VS OLD 4WDs - Ronny Dahl

[rusty ol ranger]

.. so how fast could it fly carrying a cheeseburger?

60mph

 

[Blmpkn]

60mph

I think you might be... a witch.

 

[sgtsandman]

I think you might be... a witch.

He turned me into a newt!

 

[2011Supercab]

If off roading was fun every one would do it

You off road to break something so you can have fun fixing it, duh

I used to look at it as, if you didn't break anything you didn't have much fun.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I used to look at it as, if you didn't break anything you didn't have much fun.

A good wheeling trip youll talk about for a few days after youre home

A "bad" wheeling trip, where you were trying to get back to the trailhead thats 20 miles away, over nasty terrain, with a busted front knuckle, no power steering, and a major radiator leak all while trying to beat a massive storm....youll still talk to your buddies about around a campfire 15 years later

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

A good wheeling trip youll talk about for a few days after youre home

A "bad" wheeling trip, where you were trying to get back to the trailhead thats 20 miles away, over nasty terrain, with a busted front knuckle, no power steering, and a major radiator leak all while trying to beat a massive storm....youll still talk to your buddies about around a campfire 15 years later

And just like that Rusty is one of those Jeep things nobody understands...

 

[rusty ol ranger]

And just like that Rusty is one of those Jeep things nobody understands...

Nobody understood me even before i bought the Fiep

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Nobody understood me even before i bought the Fiep

Storytime with @rusty ol ranger...

 

[superj]

No they aren't, those are the last of the good straight axle non Wrangler Jeeps but certainly weren't the best. The 91-99 Jeep XJ was the best platform.

87-99 were all good. prior to 87 it had the carb'd chevy v6 which no one seemed to like. but 87-90 still had hte 4.0, though with the other fuel injection that most people didn't know how to trouble shoot. it was easy with a multimeter and an oversized throttle body made a world of difference on the renault/bendix fuel injection. i put 31s on my 87 and it was a dog with the 3.55 stock gears but once i put an over sized throttle body, i never thought of regearing again.

the older cherokees also had the high pinion diffs so vibes were less of an issue.

here is my 87 cherokee. sorry about photobucket deal on it.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

We have evolved passed that, you are obviously a throwback and probably have cooked food over an open fire
We have microwaves now, live in houses and cut down trees, i.e. we are evolved passed the caveman stage


Camping is when Room Service stops at 9PM

I thought all canadians lived like lumberjacks?

Campfires, flannel, syrup and that weird thick beer.

 

[RonD]

You forgot "Sorry", we say sorry alot, not sure why

Yes, we cut down lots of trees, but cook the squirrels in microwaves like civilize people, and the igloos are heated

 

[00t444e]

87-99 were all good. prior to 87 it had the carb'd chevy v6 which no one seemed to like. but 87-90 still had hte 4.0, though with the other fuel injection that most people didn't know how to trouble shoot. it was easy with a multimeter and an oversized throttle body made a world of difference on the renault/bendix fuel injection. i put 31s on my 87 and it was a dog with the 3.55 stock gears but once i put an over sized throttle body, i never thought of regearing again.

the older cherokees also had the high pinion diffs so vibes were less of an issue.

here is my 87 cherokee. sorry about photobucket deal on it.

91-99 had the High Output 4.0 and high pinion non CAD Dana 30. 87-90 had the Renix 4.0 with the Dana 30 with the junk vacuim disconnect. 00-01 had the 4.0 with the coil rail, 331 head that was prone to cracking and a weaker low pinion Dana 30.

 

[superj]

That crappy vacuum disconnect was on my 87 wrangler too. I replaced all the lines eith rubber line and never had another problem

This is the 87 yj

 

[Josh B]

In sand you need model T tires.

Part of my father's family lived in East Texas and I would go there school holidays and hunt deer. One of dad's uncles lived in the country there on old HWY 75 and I would get off the Greyhound right in front of his place.

He could remember coming there by wagon in the 1890s. They first went to Austin, then settled in Freestone County.

The earliest dallas to Houston route was a lot of dirt, and a lot of sand, even as parts of it were being improved, or even paved. When I was going there during the 60s they were doing the same with the interstate a couple miles over.

Big heavy Buicks and their big wide tires could not do well in the deep sand, so the old Model A and T's would come by sooner or later and pull them out

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

In sand you need model T tires.

Part of my father's family lived in East Texas and I would go there school holidays and hunt deer. One of dad's uncles lived in the country there on old HWY 75 and I would get off the Greyhound right in front of his place.

He could remember coming there by wagon in the 1890s. They first went to Austin, then settled in Freestone County.

The earliest dallas to Houston route was a lot of dirt, and a lot of sand, even as parts of it were being improved, or even paved. When I was going there during the 60s they were doing the same with the interstate a couple miles over.

Big heavy Buicks and their big wide tires could not do well in the deep sand, so the old Model A and T's would come by sooner or later and pull them out

Even with the pizza cutters the old Ford's probably still had less ground pressure than a big ol' boat with floaters.

Generally you want to float though, if you are really in sand there is nothing to dig down to (which I kinda feel is a hype most of the time anyway)

However larger diameter gets a bigger foot print than a wider one, and it grows dramatically faster as the tire is aired down.