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Originally Posted by GTO The picture that shows you camping is worth a million bucks! As also the rock climbing ones. You should honestly consider importing this Jeep. Who drives it when you are at this end of the planet? |
Thanks GTO,
Camping at Spider Lake was really nice. It is very clean and unpolluted lake since access to it is so limited.
I am starting to think about importing it now. If I could drop in a Scorpio motor, it would be very usable in India.
No one drives it lately. At an average of 4 km per liter, it is not really very economical these days. Quote:
Originally Posted by khan_sultan That's talking like a true off-roader. This has to be experienced to be understood.
Few questions Gaurav:
With the locker, do you feel problems in highway driving/turning? I have been thinking of importing Detroit/Ez Lockers and one confusion for me is the highway driving/turning issues reported by these lockers.
Did you consider ARB Lockers? |
The Detroit unit is a full locker not a limited slip. So off-road, it works very well, and there is not need to turn on or off like a selectable locker. This is actually a big deal in practice because it gives you one less thing to worry about when negotiating technical terrain.
On road is o.k.. Some driving technique is necessary with a Detroit on the street. For example, you should not accelerate hard out of turns, which would cause a lock. Taking into account Indian driving speeds, which are relatively low, I would guess that a Detroit unit would not give you any problems. Quote:
Originally Posted by amit_mechengg amazing. it looks like a monster truck unbeatable and unstoppable. |
Amit,
It may look tough, but believe me, when you go up against rocks, any vehicle is very stoppable and totally beatable. I completely damaged my skid plate, drive shaft, transfer box in one run through the Rubicon. And I was relatively lucky. Quote:
Originally Posted by rmonie Awesome Jeep. Did the 4.5" lift require a shim on the driveshaft ? |
When you go above 4 inches, the drive line angle become a problem due to the very short drive shaft. The solution is to install a slip yoke eliminator, which allows for a longer drive shaft. Also a new drive shaft was needed.
Regards, |