It's hilarious how many people will defend the stock cooling system on those calling it adequate... and it's mostly people in places it never hits 100... meanwhile in Phoenix in 115F+ stop and go traffic those 4.0s are like the Fukushima reactor... That's one thing I've always loved about my...
One of the XJ's advantage, due to the lack of frame, is that its belly sits way higher than a wrangler (and I'd wager probably a bronco as well). Not to mention the corners have rusted/been cut off/fallen off of most of them by now, so in an approach/breakover/departure angle situation, its...
Nope. Seeing in the 1st vid that wheel droop a whole 3-4 inches from its normal ride height when fully suspended in the air made me cringe... Basing this on the tire sidewall being 8" (33-17 = 16 / 2 = 8), and having roughly that same space at full droop between the top of the tire and wheel...
To keep informed on the latest and greatest comfortable good handling mall crawlers. I'm a Ford guy with 4 fords and 1 jeep... was hoping to make it 5 fords but doesn't look like it'll happen.
With what swaps? If you listen to this board, it's amazing that they didn't crash on the way to the trail due to the terrible handling, death wobble, and the sheer threat of death on every corner... :D
Those are probablyt he most lifted FJs I've seen... and yeah, they look badass :D
It's even an option on the 4 door sport. with the diesel and auto tranny, it's right under 40k... and coming soon to the gladiator. A 4 cyl diesel bronco would be cool, but don't think Ford has any of them capable of passing our emissions - maybe steal one from europe and try to make it pass...
Wheelbase has probably more to do with it than suspension up to a certain point... Raptor is still somewhat respectable, though still lower than the equivalent crew cab 3.5EB F150. But the F150 does have a big wheelbase advantage on the bronco... Again, what's good for towing (longer...
It's a byproduct of solid axles and mostly coil sprung ones (have yet to hear of older leaf sprung axles doing it). Usually caused by a worn out or out of spec component or bad geometry (aka lifted improperly). Can get triggered by all kinds of events, hitting a certain speed, tires out of...
It's usually the corolla or camry owners that are like that. You have probably the most fun 'yota made in the past 15 years... The rest of their lineup is really as exciting as swimming in wallpaper paste.
Yep, I've said it in many posts and caught hell for it... FJ came back with an IFS to take on the wrangler. No one lifted em much, and they never took off... one generation and done.
In both articles they pulled some stuff out of their ass to get to "10"... lol.
The jeep mirrors vs the bronco topless view... The size of the screen in the dash and the number of cameras... *yawn*
They would have been better off doing an article on maybe top 3 or top 5 in each case. The...
Lol, this is getting out of hand. You "goofed a bit"... ok. And wow that 2.7 is made of magic compared to the 3.5 - same 60 degree v6 but with a 0.14" smaller stroke it manages to drop 4 inches in height in your "guesstimates". 0.37" smaller bore and it manages to drop 6.5" in width... and it...
I have well over 100 grand worth of Fords, and a 3000 dollar XJ... I'm definitely working for FCA, lmao. It must really hurt your feelers to realize Ford dropped the ball and made an overhyped mall crawler. Let me know when you get yours, post up some pics of that awesome 3-4 inches of flex :D