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How low is too low?
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:30 pm
by Triangle
Has anybody heard of a 4wd with such low gearing that it can idle into a tree and just start turning the wheels in place rather than stalling? I suppose it would be most impressive if it could happen on bitumen, but any surface would do...
Re: How low is too low?
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:37 pm
by GRIMACE
Triangle wrote:Has anybody heard of a 4wd with such low gearing that it can idle into a tree and just start turning the wheels in place rather than stalling? I suppose it would be most impressive if it could happen on bitumen, but any surface would do...
alot of people would own 4wd with them capabilities on this site... id say 100:1 would do it in a chev V8 no worries
Re: How low is too low?
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:38 pm
by Micka
AnthonyP wrote:Triangle wrote:Has anybody heard of a 4wd with such low gearing that it can idle into a tree and just start turning the wheels in place rather than stalling? I suppose it would be most impressive if it could happen on bitumen, but any surface would do...
alot of people would own 4wd with them capabilities on this site... id say 100:1 would do it in a chev V8 no worries
Didn't you Lada used to do that, Grimace?
Re: How low is too low?
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:40 pm
by GRIMACE
Micka wrote:AnthonyP wrote:Triangle wrote:Has anybody heard of a 4wd with such low gearing that it can idle into a tree and just start turning the wheels in place rather than stalling? I suppose it would be most impressive if it could happen on bitumen, but any surface would do...
alot of people would own 4wd with them capabilities on this site... id say 100:1 would do it in a chev V8 no worries
Didn't you Lada used to do that, Grimace?
only with the 37" tyres... with the 49s it stalled.
Re: How low is too low?
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:11 pm
by N*A*M
Triangle wrote:Has anybody heard of a 4wd with such low gearing that it can idle into a tree and just start turning the wheels in place rather than stalling? I suppose it would be most impressive if it could happen on bitumen, but any surface would do...
mine would just start climbing the tree
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:29 pm
by bazzle
My GQ 4.2 TD used to do that. 72:1 from memory (when it was mine) Marks kit.
Wasnt too low but needed to use high range a lot more than I used too.
Bazzle
Re: How low is too low?
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:33 pm
by bad_religion_au
N*A*M wrote:Triangle wrote:Has anybody heard of a 4wd with such low gearing that it can idle into a tree and just start turning the wheels in place rather than stalling? I suppose it would be most impressive if it could happen on bitumen, but any surface would do...
mine would just start climbing the tree
i can attest to that
Re: How low is too low?
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:34 pm
by Dozoor
N*A*M wrote:Triangle wrote:Has anybody heard of a 4wd with such low gearing that it can idle into a tree and just start turning the wheels in place rather than stalling? I suppose it would be most impressive if it could happen on bitumen, but any surface would do...
mine would just start climbing the tree
Thats more like it
Re: How low is too low?
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:08 pm
by RoldIT
N*A*M wrote:Triangle wrote:Has anybody heard of a 4wd with such low gearing that it can idle into a tree and just start turning the wheels in place rather than stalling? I suppose it would be most impressive if it could happen on bitumen, but any surface would do...
mine would just start climbing the tree
Would climbing trees make it less or more likely to fall over than climbing rocks?
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:43 pm
by RockyF75
A stock Mog should do it shouldn't it??
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:24 pm
by Big Red Toy
my mk shortie with 350 chev would do that
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:45 pm
by jav
my f65 dia will to that with 33mt on it, diesel of course.
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:42 am
by ofr57
well athols big zook climbs up the sides of buildings ..... but 49's ,90' entrance angle and lockers ..help just a little
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:42 am
by Wendle
RockyF70 wrote:A stock Mog should do it shouldn't it??
stock mog would keep pushing the trees over untill it ran out of trees. you feel pretty invincible behind the wheel of those machines
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:56 am
by grimbo
my Suzuki would do that, any one want to buy it
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:30 pm
by Shorty40
My buggy will idle up stuff like walls/trees no probs.
Locked front and rear. Just over 100:1 crawl ratio
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:14 pm
by dogbreath_48
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:38 pm
by jeep97tj
that is cool
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:49 pm
by dogbreath_48
I almost think it deserves it's own thread! I'll get some good mileage out of it nevertheless
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:09 pm
by 4x4Monkey
i like it
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:30 pm
by ofr57
dogbreath_48 wrote:
:armsup:
-Stu
i want it
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:12 pm
by Gwagensteve
well spotted dogbreath - that photo was published in (US) Fourwheeler magazine about 10 years ago or so- I have it somewhere.
aS to how low is too low - it all depends on what you are trying to drive and what you are driving it with. Greg's sierra runs about 120:1 and is sweet at that, but most sierras are happy at 80-90:1. Greg's car runs a 660 which makes relatively little torque below 3000rpm, but will rev to 9000 rpm, so it makes the shorter gearing work. 120:1 in a diesel, for instance, would be useless for anything except pure crawling - sooner or later you need to bump up a ledge or something and then the gearing becomes your enemy.
Steve.
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:28 pm
by uninformed
i impressed that the tree is still standing. that thing must weigh heeaps!
serg
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:43 pm
by just cruizin'
Once you've driven up the wall and are hanging from the ceiling ie the infamous "First Layer of Gravity", you know you've gone too far. Oh, if you attempt this you better use comp spec sticky tyres.