Probably a decent farm truck (for 2wd). What kind of rubber is on the rear? They look pretty beefy. Why'd they go flat?

 

The flat tires were the old tires.

The new tires are Kenda Klever M/T (mud tire) 10 ply tires. They are VERY quiet, and are smooth riding, get GREAT traction. I doubt I will every see a flat with them. more recently I had to pull a 4wd truck out. Both of us were in the same muck mess but I pulled him right out.

That being said, if you DO get stuck with this truck, you are stuck really bad haha... Ask me how I know. Had to get pulled out by a team of draft horses. Literally!

 

Another thing with IFS for off-road;
Whilst you can statically have a little more central clearance, it is not a fixed height, and as you articulate, you can loose clearance, because there isn't as much down travel to be had as there is up travel on the opposite side... the more you jack the suspension, the worse this gets, as your limited by the CV angles.

The biggest height gains become tires rather than suspension lifts, but bigger tires are very hard on the CV's, and you end up breaking something.

Rigid axles have a fixed clearance in the middle, and the real serious go with a portal axle to make it even more (over and above tire height gains).

A original Hummer is portal axle on IFS (and IRS)... this was to overcome clearance issues... for its size, a Hummer doesn't articulate much, so it looses wheel loading (wheels in the air)... locking diff's became a must to maintain drive.

 

LMAO!!!!!!!!

 

I was just browsing the dodge website, and saw that the grand caravan has an R/T model option. Because the first thing I want to do when I get a new minivan is take it to the track...

 

In response to ^^^. If you have to drive one, make it good.

IIRC, This one has the powertrain from a SRT-4.

 

http://wtkr.com/2014/03/07/chrysler-...n-dodge-viper/

 

Wonder why? Even if it is legit?

 

There was report of an accident in one of those donated "classroom only" Vipers, they aren't road legal apparently, I think Chrysler is just playing CYA....

 

Read about that last night.

Meh.