the way all jeeps should end up

Post by **yotacowboy** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:12 am

Leach wrote:All I know is Clay's yota is also a tow truck. Frames, motors, whatever, it pulls like a champ.

Matta fakt Clizzay we need to enter that beast into the tractor pull. What what.

it didn't work so well when dred, bent-ew and I were trying to drag dred's 4runner on bald 29's up special trial.

the funniest tow was when stallings and i were dragging the green scout out of bobcat... almost had to tug an engine block, a frame and a dodge out in one swell fooop... remember the engine-on-hood-sled-towed-by-chain-while-strapped-to-chassis procedure?

Post by **hklvette** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:24 am

shmoken875 wrote: ass, I'm just gonna have to glue the toyota insignia to the front of my jeep I guess. At least when people ask me where to start with their xj build-up-wise, I say "sell it". I have what I have and do with it what I can

Depends on what you want you XJ to do. Mine is getting built as a trail vehicle for stuff like Mtn Lake but with extra mud (3-4" lift on 33s). I'll be building a different vehicle for stuff like what special trail is going to become if it keeps getting dug out.

Post by **MILLER** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:21 am

Jwlman wrote:
Ctrow wrote:i've towed a few yotas in my day
yea, I had to winch one up some hill because it wasen't able to pull some little truck up that it was attached to

Well a K20 aint exaclty light to begin with, and this one had a lot of extra rust added.

Post by **Steinberg** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:39 pm

I believe rust generally REMOVES weight miller.

Post by **MILLER** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:59 pm

Steinberg wrote:I believe rust generally REMOVES weight miller.

Yeah, I know, I had nothing. However, that POS was sooo rusty, it added weight

Post by **Sandracer799** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:50 pm

MILLER wrote:Yeah, I know, I had nothing. However, that POS was sooo rusty, it added weight

Do you listen to yourself when you talk

Post by **MILLER** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:57 am

come back and talk to me when you dont

everytime you dent whatever 4x4 you have

but no, i dont listen

Post by **Dieselram** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:44 am

hey screw you guys, you just wait,, you will all be humbled by the insane ability of the rust bucket

Post by **Sandracer799** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:11 pm

MILLER wrote:come back and talk to me when you dont everytime you dent whatever 4x4 you have

but no, i dont listen

Does that mean i dont have to talk to you anymore

Post by **Ctrow** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:30 pm

XJ's are thte shit

endza

Post by **Billet Benny** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:47 pm

IMO XJ's with their unibodies are the shit. I like it, it's innovative, and it works. I think they are the best thing jeep ever built shy of a nice tj. As for the torsional stiffness.. because you can flex up a framed rig and a unibody and open a door and shut it in one and not the other you do not have a valid comparison test of torsional rigidity. Because the unibody is the frame, the whole cab area is stressed heavily whereas you will not see the same actuation through the body of an isolated cab on frame rig. Overall, I'm willing to bet with just torsional rigidity numbers the xj is actually stiffer than many other cab on frame vehicles when you look at chassis stiffness. However, torsional rigidity of the chassis is not near as big a deal for offroaders as race cars.