In a message dated 5/11/01 9:04:03 PM EST, BenTbtstr8@aol.com writes: << If you've seen John's Syncro, you can plainly see that it's a different animal. It's about 4 inches taller than my bone stock 16" Syncro Heck, that was with the Fast Forward front springs and rear spacers on top of Betts rear springs. My new springs sit an inch higher. 22.25" ride height to be exact with 15.5" of ground clearance under the front diff. and most of the offending front & rear bumpers have been hacked off. Most? How about ALL of the front bumper and ALL of the rear valence. Now have a prerunner front bumper with skip plate and tube rear bumper. Modified Baja exhaust for even more rear ground clearance. He has a Wasserleaker With a 183K miles and it DOES leak... Whilst I have a 1.6 turbodiesel. Just crank up the fuel delivery a 1/4 turn. Can you say got torque? Didn't your buddy say he could drop in that shiny new 1.9TD for a very attractive price? I guess what I'm trying to say it's it won't be a fair fight. He has new shocks while mine are half rusted leaking 14" Syncro units. Now Ben, I gave you first shot at my brand new unused rear Old Man Emu shocks. They are gone now though. But what the heck it John is up to it, I'll take a run from HIS SHOP to Hollister and back. No trailers allowed. >> OK, what R&P's do you have? 5.83's? I have 6.17's with a .78 4th and 30" tall tires. This might be close. Actually I would rather race a very short distance. Like the length of the Mini Rubicon at Hollister? Or how about a hill climb? My new front locker ought come in handy for that..... Well, Ben what do you say? If your 16" conks out I can trailer it back home for you...... I am in for A LOT of work this weekend and next week, I have two Syncro's to get ready and a third needs a VC. John Wessels European Motorsport Livermore, CA http://www.euromog.com |
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