AWD off-road 454 cid beast

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:28 am

Kinda cool but the driver drives it like an idiot. In reality, it's overkill for an off road vehicle as a 6 cyl. Jeep CJ type could easily climb over the same areas w/o loosing control.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzXVLbs41Ew

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:09 am

Yeah, this guy is substituting power for skill. He is like my friend, just mash it and hope you make it up. No fun.

I like how all the people that are watching run from him cause he is such a bad driver. My buggy could get up some of that stuff and its only rwd.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:09 pm

Yeah, you could make it through many of those in a mildly modified Jeep. Though, I doubt you'd make it through as quick. No skill involved, but impressive power.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:40 pm

Slow down and you can get up faster. Is the passenger steering the back wheels?

Key Keeper · Post by **Key Keeper** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:45 pm

Ramrock steering cylinders. They are on a relay valve that controls how much steering gets split between axles. A must on very large tires. that thing would be fun though. Seems the suspension is very "bouncy" though. Most rock crawlers have plush long travel suspension to avoid the bounce and keep good even tire contact. At the end of the day, a cool machine but very much overkill.

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:52 pm

That things bounciness with its lack of tire contact (besides lack of a skilled driver who also lets off the gas at odd times, like when climbing) are why it's not doing as well in that vid. as one might think it should.