For those that “wheel” their 100's, but love that ON road handling, I did a little comparison for OFF roading.
My son happen to moving pavers for me into the backyard from the driveway when he decided to have some Tom Sawyer fun. The next thing I know is there is a 28” tall ramp of pavers in the driveway at a 22 degree angle so he can “test his Willys” suspension.
After a little search, we found an RTI calculator on the web, grabbed the tape measure, and dad joined the fun. Well the Willys pulled a 780, and he sees me looking at the Cruiser. I engaged the center & rear locker and crawled up to a 511. But seeing the rear sway bar in a position that it probably was not designed for, I pulled the bolts on the rear and headed up to a 583.
Well, "if a little is good," I climbed under and pulled the front bar. The 100 pullled out a 642 with no sway bars attached.
A little more articulation while crawling the trails can always help, and this is a great no-cost way to improve things for those trips while being able to re0connect things and cruise the malls at home.
So for those that might find this totally useless crap interesting, here's a review.
22 Degree ramp
With front & rear sway bars connected = 511
With rear sway bar disconnected = 583
With front & rear sway bars disconnected = 642
This now gives me a good base line to start with as I play with changing shocks and can track improvements in a controlled environment.
So go have some fun and build a ramp in your driveway, invite all your son's friends over and try to explain to your wife all the rubber marks on the concrete.
My son happen to moving pavers for me into the backyard from the driveway when he decided to have some Tom Sawyer fun. The next thing I know is there is a 28” tall ramp of pavers in the driveway at a 22 degree angle so he can “test his Willys” suspension.
After a little search, we found an RTI calculator on the web, grabbed the tape measure, and dad joined the fun. Well the Willys pulled a 780, and he sees me looking at the Cruiser. I engaged the center & rear locker and crawled up to a 511. But seeing the rear sway bar in a position that it probably was not designed for, I pulled the bolts on the rear and headed up to a 583.
Well, "if a little is good," I climbed under and pulled the front bar. The 100 pullled out a 642 with no sway bars attached.
A little more articulation while crawling the trails can always help, and this is a great no-cost way to improve things for those trips while being able to re0connect things and cruise the malls at home.
So for those that might find this totally useless crap interesting, here's a review.
22 Degree ramp
With front & rear sway bars connected = 511
With rear sway bar disconnected = 583
With front & rear sway bars disconnected = 642
This now gives me a good base line to start with as I play with changing shocks and can track improvements in a controlled environment.
So go have some fun and build a ramp in your driveway, invite all your son's friends over and try to explain to your wife all the rubber marks on the concrete.