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aha2988 said:
to the footofgod, you shouldve just punched it on the original hill you tried and showed that 1st gen up!! all you needed was a more speed at the start dont be affraid to use the power the 4runner has its not gonna hurt itself :hatsoff:

with open center diff's front and rear hill climps like these, the only way to do it is with wheel speed and momentum. if you hit the brakes on the hill your done back up and try again. if you try to crawl and start spinning your done back up and try again. I typically run trails in 4lo 3rd or 4 gear A/T taking a hill climb like that in a straight drive i would either start with enough room to shift up to third or work the clutch right to start in 2nd gear get the rpms up an if you can get into third gear you'll walk all over hills.

with that said you can understand why people add lockers to these trucks it turns that said hill into a speed bump to crawl over lol. (check out ARB's website and watch there video's on lockers) but the best thing is you got your 4runners out for some excercise that im sure they enjoyed greatly!
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What they need is a 4th Gen!

I saw this episode of Stuntbusters on TV. Here's a clip Stuntbusters you can probably find the full episode too. I think there was a better explanation on the full episode that I saw.

Here they test 3 cars on a steep incline. Honda civic, Range Rover and Subaru WRX. The subaru wins. The explanation is that with the 4x4 Range Rover the front and rear axles can't rotate independently. So if lets say the rear axle gets bogged down the front axle can't continue to rotate and help pull up. The AWD subaru, with a center diff, allows the front and rear axles to rotate more or less independently. So if the rear axles gets bogged down, the power can still go to the front and maybe help pull it up. I thought Range Rovers also had AWD mode..? Also the Subaru looks like the only one that built up some speed.

Anyway. Don't kill the messenger.
 
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In a vehicles stock configuration there are a lot of things that come in to play. In this case where vehicles are modified, I don't think that any one vehicle has an advantage over the other. It all boils down to the modifications done to the vehicle. Once a vehicle is modified to do something far outside the spectrum of what it was designed to do, the manufacturer is irrelevant.
 
SV_Dude said:
In a vehicles stock configuration there are a lot of things that come in to play. In this case where vehicles are modified, I don't think that any one vehicle has an advantage over the other. It all boils down to the modifications done to the vehicle. Once a vehicle is modified to do something far outside the spectrum of what it was designed to do, the manufacturer is irrelevant.
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I agree 100%. If you offroad enough you will meet this type of guy. I trailed with a couple of guys a few time last year with well over 20-40,000$ in their jeeps. They kicked the crap out of our Toyota's. The only thing they couldn't do is drive upside down. Nothing on those jeeps was a jeep anymore except for the frame and body. I would hardy call them jeeps anymore, and they really couldn't be used to show how much better a jeep is compared to some other 4x4 that isn't as modified and say jeeps are better.


But we need to tease. Sooooo. 4th Gen 4th Gen 4th gen...AWD + 4x4 and V8 power from the Toyota factory...not a chevy scrap yard find..... :police:
 
KidVermicious said:
And yet which rig do you take on the trails, and which rig gets your groceries? :flipoff:
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I could take both on a "trail". But I now only take the 1st gen "offroading". :hatsoff: On a hill climb the 4th Gen is awesome. And groceries, more reason to love the 4th Gen. I like groceries. :hungry: Plus don't forget the quick connect baby seat anchor system.
 
aha2988 said:
to the footofgod, you shouldve just punched it on the original hill you tried and showed that 1st gen up!! all you needed was a more speed at the start dont be affraid to use the power the 4runner has its not gonna hurt itself :hatsoff:

with open center diff's front and rear hill climps like these, the only way to do it is with wheel speed and momentum. if you hit the brakes on the hill your done back up and try again. if you try to crawl and start spinning your done back up and try again. I typically run trails in 4lo 3rd or 4 gear A/T taking a hill climb like that in a straight drive i would either start with enough room to shift up to third or work the clutch right to start in 2nd gear get the rpms up an if you can get into third gear you'll walk all over hills.

with that said you can understand why people add lockers to these trucks it turns that said hill into a speed bump to crawl over lol. (check out ARB's website and watch there video's on lockers) but the best thing is you got your 4runners out for some excercise that im sure they enjoyed greatly!
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You might want to check my build thread. I have rear locker. We actually went back and cleared this hill in 2wd. 4lo was not what was needed here.
 
KidVermicious said:
Keep it up and I'll make sure any footage of you in Moab goes mysteriously "missing".
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You'll have whatever footage you can take while on the easy trails. But to get to where I'm going to go, you'll have to take some harder lines :lookout:

haha... I'm no pro when it comes to off roading but I like to push the limits of my runner and try new things. My only hope is that I don't break anything when I'm 500 miles from home. That would be bad!
 
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