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I've wheeled with tons of jeeps over the years and I've never seen the fuel pump cutout for any angle. You would think on vehicles designed for this stuff, it would be a pretty complex algorithm of angle and accelerations (hopefully, it is not some new over the top safety reg). At a minimum, it should not be kicking in at anything below rated accent/depature.So outside of the discussion on his antics and driving abilities, this brings up two potential issues with the Bronco that should be considered.
1 - many vehicles have a fuel pump cut for roll-overs. This cut may be occurring at the designed point (which may or may not be too early), but we should probably all be aware of what angle it occurs.
2 - the possibility of fuel starvation at particular angles and fuel levels. I had a 95 Trans Am that under 1/2 tank would cut out when I exceeded 1.1 g in a sustained turn (clearly outside of the designed parameters) but capable of achieving with race rubber and the right suspension on the right freeway clover on ramps. The solution is a swirl tank and secondary pump to prevent starvation (but is outside of what I would expect Ford to provide in a stock vehicle).
Can you burn the tires off the truck when it’s stalled. It is clearly runningCan you steer when the engine is off??? yeah...
I'm curious of your thoughts? I'm thinking of purchasing this knuckleheads kit. From my understanding the plastic sleeve is simply to fill the gap so the track stays aligned with the teeth at extreme angles.This is the knucklehead who cons people into putting plastic inserts into their steering rack to “strengthen it”
I don't know about a load test, but he did do another video with LiteBrite after his fixes, and he put a lot of pressure on the steering components with no issues.I am really interested in the steering bushing/sleeve and maybe the sam-itch bars. I would like to see a load test on both against the stock setup too see how much the bar/breakpoint is moved.
The emergency fuel shutoff is an inertia switch so unless there is a sharp impact it will not be activated. Unless you are low on fuel the angle of your vehicle will not affect the operation of an electric fuel pump. Having enough fuel in the tank to do the things you want is all on the driver.So outside of the discussion on his antics and driving abilities, this brings up two potential issues with the Bronco that should be considered.
1 - many vehicles have a fuel pump cut for roll-overs. This cut may be occurring at the designed point (which may or may not be too early), but we should probably all be aware of what angle it occurs.
2 - the possibility of fuel starvation at particular angles and fuel levels. I had a 95 Trans Am that under 1/2 tank would cut out when I exceeded 1.1 g in a sustained turn (clearly outside of the designed parameters) but capable of achieving with race rubber and the right suspension on the right freeway clover on ramps. The solution is a swirl tank and secondary pump to prevent starvation (but is outside of what I would expect Ford to provide in a stock vehicle).
Maybe Ford could adjust the airbag algorithm so that if the speed is < 20 mph, require at least 1 full 360 rotation on any axis. Or wait until the 3rd bounce.They also said all his airbags deployed on the rollover. What a pricey mistake.
But what is that "inertia" set to? You can be on a slippery stepped rock face and "get into it" to get up one step only to slam full speed with the front end into the next one.The emergency fuel shutoff is an inertia switch so unless there is a sharp impact it will not be activated. Unless you are low on fuel the angle of your vehicle will not affect the operation of an electric fuel pump. Having enough fuel in the tank to do the things you want is all on the driver.