Videos of Pigs Drifitng?

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PabloCruise

PabloCruise

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I know this is sooo wrong to want this... :D

But my Pig is the longest wheelbase vehicle I own, and I love the ride!

This AM I was going through a traffic circle on the way to work, and I thought, you know - if I had some small block power in here and the right tires I could just put Pig in a drift all the way through the circle (:grinpimp: I know)

So has anyone seen any crazy Saudis drifting Pigs out there on the internets?

Or better yet, has anyone done it themselves?
 
I'm guessing there's a story, here, eh Ben? Linky? :)
 
FineWynsFJ40 said:
I'm guessing there's a story, here, eh Ben? Linky? :)
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you sure you wanna know? it's a sad story. it did earn him his own emoticon on rising sun tho:hillbilly:
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Howdy! Oh yea, I've done some of that "drifting", but not like in the movies. I only do it on soft surface. It's still a scary feeling. Low range, 2wd in 3rd or 4th has enough power to juice it up pretty good. The worst part is when you stop drifting. I try to come off the throttle real easy, otherwise the inside rear tire likes to go WAY UP!! Up in Flagstaff Az. there is an OHV playground called the Cinders. About a million acres of hills and dales. Covered in places with names like "$50 Hill, $100 Hill, $500 Hill, etc. There are potholes big enough to get down inside and do doughnuts forever. There's even one that is a figure 8. With 2 rigs down in there, you can do "suicide racing". Ya hafta beat the other guy across the middle without going so fast that you pop out of the groove on the other side. The quad drivers were freakin out seeing 2 Pigs doing loops in there! The only problem is that volcanic cinders tend to grind the lugs right off of your brand new tires. One tank of gas can take you from knobbies to slicks. I even did my infamous "3 wheels up" in the dark there. Lots of witnesses, but no Pic, dammmit!!

John
 
"3 wheels up" and "suicide racing"? Holy crap man!! Tell me when you do that s*** so I can bring my camera!! :D
 
RUSH55 said:
Every time we wheel with John, there's an "Oh sh*t!" moment.
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AH-HA!! A witness. The altitude was playing heck with my carb, so it was go WOT, or no go. That was the beginning of my "Flying Pig" era. My wife had just given me a 30# brass statue of a pig with wings. I set it on my hood at camp that trip. Unfortunately, it's a bit heavy for a hood ornament. I have since collected a lot of different ones. I have a pig hat with wings, custom t-shirt, a pig-angel, battery powered flying pig, and more statues. I originally built my rig to take my family on long trips, quickly, back before rock crawling was so popular. I guess I still like to keep my bacon shakin!! John
 
inkpot said:
AH-HA!! A witness. The altitude was playing heck with my carb, so it was go WOT, or no go. That was the beginning of my "Flying Pig" era. My wife had just given me a 30# brass statue of a pig with wings. I set it on my hood at camp that trip. Unfortunately, it's a bit heavy for a hood ornament. I have since collected a lot of different ones. I have a pig hat with wings, custom t-shirt, a pig-angel, battery powered flying pig, and more statues. I originally built my rig to take my family on long trips, quickly, back before rock crawling was so popular. I guess I still like to keep my bacon shakin!! John
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Awesome - this is awesome to read...
 
inkpot said:
Howdy! Oh yea, I've done some of that "drifting", but not like in the movies. I only do it on soft surface. It's still a scary feeling. Low range, 2wd in 3rd or 4th has enough power to juice it up pretty good. The worst part is when you stop drifting. I try to come off the throttle real easy, otherwise the inside rear tire likes to go WAY UP!! Up in Flagstaff Az. there is an OHV playground called the Cinders. About a million acres of hills and dales. Covered in places with names like "$50 Hill, $100 Hill, $500 Hill, etc. There are potholes big enough to get down inside and do doughnuts forever. There's even one that is a figure 8. With 2 rigs down in there, you can do "suicide racing". Ya hafta beat the other guy across the middle without going so fast that you pop out of the groove on the other side. The quad drivers were freakin out seeing 2 Pigs doing loops in there! The only problem is that volcanic cinders tend to grind the lugs right off of your brand new tires. One tank of gas can take you from knobbies to slicks. I even did my infamous "3 wheels up" in the dark there. Lots of witnesses, but no Pic, dammmit!!

John
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You no longer have this Pig, correct John?
 
PabloCruise said:
You no longer have this Pig, correct John?
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Correct. Unfortunately. I DO wish I still had the Piggy. But that's OK. I still have my moments of excitement. Recently I drove off a cliff, about 70 feet. Not only did it break a steering knuckle bolt or two, it also twisted my sector shaft. So guess who has a 105 steering sector now?
 
inkpot said:
Correct. Unfortunately. I DO wish I still had the Piggy. But that's OK. I still have my moments of excitement. Recently I drove off a cliff, about 70 feet. Not only did it break a steering knuckle bolt or two, it also twisted my sector shaft. So guess who has a 105 steering sector now?
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You okay mang?
Sounds like a crazy experience!!!
 
PabloCruise said:
You okay mang?
Sounds like a crazy experience!!!
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Yup. I am fine. Couple of months ago we did a TRAL run up Cherry Creek Road, aka trail 203. Just 4 rigs, makin good time. We have all been there multiple times. There were a few erosion features that required paying attention, but I never locked in axle all day. I was coming around a brushy curve about 15-20 mph, lightly kissing the brake pedal, and all hell broke loose. Best I can figure was that I caught a rock with the edge of my right front. It must of been 12-15". As my tire started to ramp up on it, the impact caused me to stab the brakes, which have NO ABS while in low range. The tire locked up which caused the rock to roll, but it did not roll very straight. It rolled to the right about 2 feet, so when I came back down my front right was JUST off the edge of the roadway. By now I was moving about 5-10 MPH, still on the brakes. I figured I could stay on the brakes till it stopped, then lock the rear and back up into the center of the trail. Just as it got to the stopping point, the right rear dropped over the edge. That put me at more than a 45 degree lean downhill. Cherry Creek is about 500-600 feet straight down, so I did the one thiing that my mind came up with: steer downhill and nail the gas. I figured I would rather slide to the bottom, or to a stop, than roll. It worked. I came to a sliding stop in soft dirt and gravel about 70 feet from the road. Damn I hate hanging from my seat and shoulder belt! No bad sounds or smells, all gauges reading OK, AC still working well, so I left it run cause I was kinda HOT. Called out to Richard on the CB to come back and give me a hand, as I had a little problem. Tailgunner had held back as he got to watch the whole thing. Richard got to the TG and could not find me. TG had to point be out down the side of the mountain. Well, 2 hours, 2 80's, and 2 steps on the winches go my ass back up on the trail. That slope was so steep that Travis came down on the cables as he could not climb down. Drove it home. I still had 2 knuckle studs that held torque and the tierod was only slightly bowed, so why not. Its a LAND CRUISER!!! After replacing the tierod and knuckle studs, and upgrading to a 105 steering sector and matching pitman arm, we went out and ran Devil's Canyon, east of Superior just to check it out. All is well.
 
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