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[PabloCruise]

Sorry, according to Edmunds Lexus designers went out of their way disguise the utilitarian Toyota “Land Cruiser” and turn it into a luxury SUV “car” by fitting supple leather upholstery and rich wood surfaces, Lexus engineers specified softer springs for the LX 450 to give it a more forgiving ride on pavement, an automatic climate system with a solar sensor, a separate heating unit for the rear seats, a seven-speaker cassette stereo, full power accessories and an alarm system, antilock brakes and dual front airbags were also standard, a sunroof and a six-disc CD changer, owners are typically annoyed by the limited seat-track travel up front, the lack of rear-seat air-conditioning ducts and inadequate cupholder provisions.

Based on Edmunds description the typical LX owner sounds more like a yuppie soccer mom than a traditional Land Cruiser owner, and I believe if I would have left the pig at home and drove my wife’s Volvo XC90 “basically the same thing as your LX” to Cruise Moab and tried to pass it off as a “Land Cruiser” I would be catching grief right now from my fellow pig owners that made the drive to Utah.

Still looking forward to the day when I can see yours and Scrapdaddy’s pigs on the trail together, I’m just hoping my pig is still running and I don’t need to drive the Volvo and suffer the pay back for this post..

I think all the crap you list above made it into the LC 100, maybe just a few years later.

Not sure your XC90 would pull off a 9 day trip through the Maze, and then turn around a few weeks later and do a little Cruise Moab as well?

As to whether people think is a car, I could give a s***. My is done riding in the Pig and 40 for hours on end to get over to Moab area, so this vehicle has opened up some good family wheeling for us.

If Cruiser Fest pulls off this year, I will bring the Pig over for that, as long as no conflicts with Black Hills, HIH, and some previously scheduled Rising Sun events...

 

[scrapdaddy]

Hey, just so you know, if I didn't make it to Moab with the 55, my Wife was going in the Focus. That lit a fire under me! The trick is not owning a good car, so the 55 looks appealing.

 

[J Mack]

Not sure your XC90 would pull off a 9 day trip through the Maze, and then turn around a few weeks later and do a little Cruise Moab as well?

I do believe my wife would solve my stretchy nuts issue if I tried.



We are on the fence with Cruiser Fest this year as well, if @cruiseroutfit puts a trail run together we will add it to our calendar for sure and hope to see you there.

 

[PabloCruise]

I do believe my wife would solve my stretchy nuts issue if I tried.

We are on the fence with Cruiser Fest this year as well, if @cruiseroutfit puts a trail run together we will add it to our calendar for sure and hope to you there.

Ha ha, a man has got to dream, eh?

Yeah, I have not heard any updates on Cruiser Fest. Black Hills an option for you?

 

[J Mack]

Black Hills an option for you?

South Dakota?

What’s going on there?

 

[PabloCruise]

South Dakota?

What’s going on there?

Black Hills Cruiser Classic!

The OFFICIAL 2016 Black Hills Cruiser Classic Thread

 

[PabloCruise]

Hey, just so you know, if I didn't make it to Moab with the 55, my Wife was going in the Focus. That lit a fire under me! The trick is not owning a good car, so the 55 looks appealing.

Ha ha, now you tell me!

How is this for a car owner that wishes they were in their Pig?

 

[J Mack]

Black Hills Cruiser Classic!

Humm looks interesting, not to but are you taking the pig or the car?

 

[PabloCruise]

Humm looks interesting, not to but are you taking the pig or the car?

Ha ha, the original plan was to drive the 470, and bring the Pig up on a trailer. Now my friend sold his Power Stroke, so who knows what we will do...

 

[PabloCruise]

We are on the fence with Cruiser Fest this year as well, if @cruiseroutfit puts a trail run together we will add it to our calendar for sure and hope to you there.

Cruiser Fest website makes no mention of a 2016 event: http://www.cruiserfest.com/

 

[bobm]

Geez, all I said was Lexus.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Cruiser Fest website makes no mention of a 2016 event: http://www.cruiserfest.com/

Details coming soon. Scaled back but happening

 

[Megadoomer]

Back to the cooling issue. I was going to try to incorporate the side vents with my pig. I don't use either for the original purpose anymore. Maybe there is something there for you with some ducting. Also i have the metal cut out on the lower valance under the grill. Might get more air in.

I once designed a ram air inter cooler but the owner never went through with it. The inter cooler was in the hood scoop and the intake air would pass thru cooling the inter cooler then thru the turbo and so on. On paper it seemed legit. feel free to try that too.

 

[J Mack]

Back to the cooling issue.

Thanks for the thoughts, my cooling issue is a nonissue “if” I drive the pig within its boundaries ~80MPH and not try to race everyone on the highway to the top of every mountain top pulling a trailer or fully loaded with a 35” tire strapped to the top.

I already have the driver’s side vent open to let under hood heat out and going back to a late hood with the hump and vents would also help some but you are right if I want to keep driving irresponsibly a major redesign is in order for the pig snout along with the intercooler and radiator, bottom line If I expect it to perform like my full-size Dodge Cummins pickup power wise I’m going to need duplicate the grill opening, intercooler and radiator sizing to remove similar heat since heat is always going to be a byproduct of the potential power output of the Cummins engine.

My dilemma is I really want to get back to work on my other pig and major redesigns on this one right now is not going to get me there any quicker nor do I know if I can pull it off and still keep the pig looking like a pig so it looks like I’m going to have to drive responsibly for a bit until I finish some pending projects and I’ll revisit it later if still needed.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Drive it like Scrapdaddy would...Slow! I have a lot of fun driving 60 and pissing everybody off.

 

[bobm]

Ditto. Ron.

 

[Megadoomer]

I would have a hard time not rollin coal on people if i was running a dinosaur burner.

 

[npulver]

Interesting that you guys might make it down to my neck of the woods. Too bad the pig will be down. Theirs always next year possibly!

 

[J Mack]

Interesting that you guys might make it down to my neck of the woods. Too bad the pig will be down. Theirs always next year possibly!

Do you have a Lexus?

 

[npulver]

I'm not that fancy....it's the pig and my tacoma. No luxury rides for this guy.