Gnarly...I like that word.

Well heck, if a Libery can do it, something tells me a mildly modified, or even stock, 1992 Pathy could make it, granted it has some good tires. Would I be comitting the sin of rock-stacking? Possibly.

Mr. Will

|1992 SE-V6 4x4, 2001 LE 3.5|
http://www.netsnapshot.com/pcw/pickalbum?W92PathSE

Fresh off the wire.. just got these pics in an email from Jim:

They were taken at the bottom of Big Sluice on the Rubicon.





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"I'm just a bill... on Capitol Hill.."

quote:

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Originally posted by 92PathSE:
What's so big and bad about Rubicon?

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http://www.rubicon-trail.com/

http://www.off-road.com/toyota/trips/rubicon98/

http://www.off-road.com/4x4web/travels/rubicon.html

http://www.4x4now.com/trcar.htm







"It may be the soldiers who get all the glory, but its the ENGINEERS who build society"

More pics from Jim:





And, one of Calmini's Zuki's:





"You can shout it with adjectives."

Here's a few more:

More on the big sluice:


Another fun spot:


A crazy little Suzuki sportscar thingy running on 235's:


One of these things is not like the other:



1998 Frontier 4x4 seriously built
2002 Xterra 4x4 still stock
"Conjunction Junction, what's your Dysfunction?"

quote:

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Originally posted by Desert Rat:
A crazy little Suzuki sportscar thingy running on 235's:

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Holy crap, an X90 on the trail! That's great!


As for the mexican LSD, I'm seriously considering doing this, and have been for a while. I've already got my LSD behaving much better than stock by running non-LSD gear oil, but the extra disc set is maybe $50 or less as I recall, and the install doesn't appear to be all that difficult. No gear lash etc. to deal with since you're putting all the same stuff back together again. Just need to find the time to do it and convince the wife to let me take the truck out of service for a weekend, or longer if I bite off more than I can chew.

Brent

I wish I would've known there was a Nissan on the Rubi... I would have gone too!

I can't believe there was an X-90 up there ... now I really need to do the Rubi in my truck. Pictures and words really don't do the rubicon justice until you've been there and seen some of the vehicles that go thru there and the rocks they climb over. I've only been to Spider lake in my old 92 wrangler and ended up crushing both rocker panels, bending my t-case crossmember and wasting my u-joints.
As far as the Libery making it, there's a lot of bypasses around the exteme hard stuff. If it had to go thru Sluice, that thing ( or any other stock rig) would get wasted

95 WD-21 Video system- otherwise stock.
95 D-21 with some trail goodies!
Tony Stewart didn't hit me!

Brent, running non-LSD oil...I'm guessing you're wearing out the stuff in there much faster than you would when you have the correct oil in there, right?

Mr. Will

|1992 SE-V6 4x4, 2001 LE 3.5|
http://www.netsnapshot.com/pcw/pickalbum?W92PathSE

Man the guy driving that Frontier had to be exauhsted by the end of the day. That definatly had to take some skill and energy.

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Jim is one helluva good driver. He's alot of fun to wheel with Duerk. I'm sure you'll meet him during the AZ Run, if not sooner.



"You can shout it with adjectives."

That bumper/winch/brushguard thing he's got on the front is quite interesting. Are there any closeups of that thing?

Mr. Will

|1992 SE-V6 4x4, 2001 LE 3.5|
http://www.netsnapshot.com/pcw/pickalbum?W92PathSE

This is the closest one I can find:





"You can shout it with adjectives."

DUDE, that is friggin awesome!!! Imagine the campfire tales that are going to stem from that!


I want some gears!!

Marshall, how in the hell are you driving that you only think your clutch is only going to last another 9 months? My truck is 4 years old and pretty sure it still the original clutch, Hell I've had for 2 and there is no signs of slipping. Maybe you should have got an automatic!

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If It's A Jeep Thing I Don't Want To Understand.

No kidding, 130,000 later my Ranger still has the original clutch no problems. You must drive with the thing pushed halfway down. Smell that burning?

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Jim is a hellova driver, but when I tackle the Rubicon, I'm gonna take the "fun" lines... Sure, I might not be able to drive back for a few days because I'll have all the parts houses in check, but hey... hehehe I gotta get in touch with Jim and show him the Pathy..

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I'm a Funky Chinaman from Funky Chinatown. LET'S GET IT AWN!

You know, we need some of those "Row Sticks"
-88Yota, near the Grand Canyon

"Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here!
Got a lot of Lolly, jolly adverbs here!"