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The New 4Door
"twaldron" > wrote in message et... :I love my coils! : : tw : Compared to my CJ 5s, this Jeep is SO much nicer to ride in. You can go a long distance and not have your innards pounded to pulp. Kate |
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The New 4Door
"Earle Horton" > wrote in message
om... > I don't like it, but it is a step up from the Eddie Bauer Explorer. You may > miss the V8 though. I prefer the looks and feel of a CJ, YJ, FJ40 or the > like. The newer Jeeps, anything with coil springs in fact, are too > sissified for me. Perhaps, but I would be interested in seeing a slightly widened version of the TJ with a 345 hp hemi in it like my Dodge pickup... |
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The New 4Door
"Grumman-581" > wrote in message ... > "Earle Horton" > wrote in message > om... > > I don't like it, but it is a step up from the Eddie Bauer Explorer. You > may > > miss the V8 though. I prefer the looks and feel of a CJ, YJ, FJ40 or the > > like. The newer Jeeps, anything with coil springs in fact, are too > > sissified for me. > > Perhaps, but I would be interested in seeing a slightly widened version of > the TJ with a 345 hp hemi in it like my Dodge pickup... > > Widen it by about a foot, put four doors on it and a mini pickup bed. Donīt forget independent suspension. Then it will be a Hummer. Earle |
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The New 4Door
But the Explorer has all four independent suspension coils for that
low road hugging ride. God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ twaldron wrote: > > I love my coils! > > tw > __________________________________________________ ___________________ > 2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco > > "There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'." > > Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940 > > Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase') > A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton > capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II. |
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The New 4Door
"Earle Horton" > wrote in message
om... > Widen it by about a foot, put four doors on it and a mini pickup bed. Donīt > forget independent suspension. Then it will be a Hummer. Maybe an H2, but not an H1... The H2 and H3 are just posers... The original H1 had certain advantages for certain types of terrain... Maybe not for what *we* use a 4x4 for, but for certain terrain, it has advantages... With the geared hubs, the entire driveline is moved upwards quite a bit, giving it 16" of ground clearance... Regardless of what we might put as lift kits on our Jeeps to raise the body, our true ground clearance will only be half of the increase in tire diameter increase... The differential on our Jeeps tends to be the lowest point that we have to worry about with respect to ground clearance... If you've ever driven along a road that was covered with very thick snow, stopped, and looked back at your tracks, you'll likely see three grooves in the snow -- left tires, right tires, and a semicircle groove where the diff plowed through... For my XJ in it's current configuration, that means that I have a 9" clearance underneath the diff, at least 14.5" along most of the rest of the undercarriage, and 23" until the bottom of the doors (which is more a measure of water fording without having to dry the carpet out than anything else)... My Dodge pickup with stock tires has an 11" clearance underneath most of it and 17" until the bottom of the doors... In loose snow, the truck will be plowing a pretty wide path at 11" from the pavement due to the IFS crossmember / frame (that actually looks like it would protect the diff)... The XJ would plow a bit deeper in spots, but other spots higher, so it's probably a toss-up on which might be better... I suspect that since the XJ is lighter, it would be better in that it would more likely not sink as much as the pickup... On the other hand, if I really get stuck someplace and am forced to sleep in the vehicle, I prefer the Dodge... <grin> |
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