Re: JPOR: A little lunchtime fun

[Steve Friend <sfriend@xxxxxxxx>]

It is always nice to try something new, that is setup like that.  Very
few of us will ever get to rid in a real well built race car or
prerunner.  Thanks

SF

"Paul W." wrote:
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> Yesterday, when I was over at Randy's Off Road Connection for the XJ's D30
> knucklectomy, I went out for lunch with Dana Sawnson, Randy's parts/service
> counter man.  Dana an avid wheeler, but a Toyota fan.  He runs a seriously
> modified 85 or 86 4Runner on the trails, but his daily driver is a 2WD "Toyota"
> Stadium Racer (and it really is raced regularly).  The only thing on this
> 2-wheeler that's still Toyota though is the cab and box.  It's powered by a
> very healthy 350 Chevy with a TH350 trans and a 9" Ford rear end with 4.11
> gears and an ARB.  The front clip is 'glass and it looks like Ivan Stewart's
> from the front with the wide and radiused race fenders.  It sports an in-cab
> cage with runners going thru a Lexan rear window that tie into the in-bed bars
> for the suspension.  He runs 33" MT Baja Claws on it and the suspension is
> totally custom with ~26" of travel.  We went down the road a mile or so to
> scarf down some juicy greaseburgers and on the way he showed my why he only
> gets 6.6 mpg... that little truck is FAST!  After lunch, I noticed he took a
> "wrong turn" and headed out into the nearby farmland.  We were cruisin' down
> this little 2-laner when I looked ahead ~1/2 mile and noticed a RR crossing.
> Since the farmland is in a known flood plain, the RR bed is built up ~10'
> higher than the surrounding landscape, so the road has to ramp up to cross the
> tracks.  About this time, Dana asks me if my seatbelt is on tight.  It is.  So
> he nails the go-pedal and we crest the crossing at ~70mph (in a 35mph zone ;)
> Needless to say, we got air!  LOTS of it.  We didn't touch down for at least
> 75-100'!  The landing was nice and smooth, with just a minor rub out of the RF
> tire - his suspension is set-up for running with no passengers, so my 210# of
> RH ballast is what caused the rubbing.  Only one cycle of the shocks and we
> were back to a normal ride.  COOL!  Even if it was a "Toyota."  :)
> 
> I know it's not Jeep related, but I just had to share that story!
> 
> Paul
> 
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