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More flex without lift. Ideas?

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24 Mar 2014 20:43 #109930 by jonesyba420
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Skip to about 2 minutes
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Watch "Lockers vs Extreme Suspension" on YouTube
Lockers vs Extreme Suspension:

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24 Mar 2014 20:45 #109931 by TomDK
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idiotmobil wrote: theres much discussion on the subject of difflocks vs articulation and its a matter of opinion on the answer really and don't know were you got ddrive to one wheel from diff locks would send power to two wheels


I'd say it's more a subject of what terrain and how you drive that matters.

Good suspension is far more important for go-fast racing, where diff lockers are important for technical driving. Not saying that you don't need good suspension for technical racing, like crawling. But diff-lockers are pretty important there.

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24 Mar 2014 20:59 #109933 by idiotmobil
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go fast racing in a jimny lol, true does matter what terrain I just think a really good suspension vs difflocks I would go with difflocks as anything suspension wise on a jimny needs a hell of a lot of work and money to be up to scratch were as difflocks are reasonably simple to do compared and proberly cheeper than a full on decent suspension set up

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24 Mar 2014 20:59 #109934 by idiotmobil
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go fast racing in a jimny lol, true does matter what terrain I just think a really good suspension vs difflocks I would go with difflocks as anything suspension wise on a jimny needs a hell of a lot of work and money to be up to scratch were as difflocks are reasonably simple to do compared and proberly cheeper than a full on decent suspension set up

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24 Mar 2014 21:12 #109940 by TomDK
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idiotmobil wrote: go fast racing in a jimny lol, true does matter what terrain I just think a really good suspension vs difflocks I would go with difflocks as anything suspension wise on a jimny needs a hell of a lot of work and money to be up to scratch were as difflocks are reasonably simple to do compared and proberly cheeper than a full on decent suspension set up


Sadly I can't link to any youtube clips.
But a danish racing team in a Jimny competed in the Breslau rally last year and finished 12th. Pretty good for a Jimny. I believe they have a M16 engine of some sort, modified to around 120 bhp. But not 100% sure. They use Hot Bits suspension with a 2" lift. So go-fast racing is possible, in a Jimny :)

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24 Mar 2014 21:42 #109952 by kirkynut
A 2" suspension lift is not going to make it handle terribly, in fact my 3" lift is not bad at all!

Insurance with the right company is not an issue either, cost or cover wise.

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