The biggest improvement for sand is in tires. I have 215/75/15 tires and I deflate them when I get off pavement and am headed for sand. I let 10 psi out for starters. If the going gets bad I let another 10 psi out. I have also changed the gearing of the tranny and front diff to compensate for the larger tires. Stock was 4.86 and I now have 5.43, resulting in about the same gearing with the larger tires as before with stock tires. Lastly, I have added a driveshaft decoupler for selectable 2/4wd and am running an aggressive VC. Mark Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette wrote: > Mark > > What are your mods? > > Raymond > > On 10/14/07, *Mark Drillock* <mdrillock@cox.net > <mailto:mdrillock@cox.net>> wrote: > > My wife and I just returned from a camping trip to Baja. We spent 12 > nights on a nice beach about 700 miles south of the border and another > night each way to break up the drive. We had many good times and saw > more marine wildlife than usual. .............. > > ...................... When I hit the deepest sand the tires > spun a little but we kept right on going to just the place I wanted to > be. I was not sure I could get back out so easily but I would worry > about that later. We made it out with no trouble as well. During our > stay several people got stuck trying to get near the beach where we > camped. Syncros can do some impressive things and with a few mods even > more so. > ...................... > |
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