Re: RE: Judging Paxton air hat...and 4x4 racing

From: Jon Smith (fast4x4@bellsouth.net)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 19:16:53 EDT


> Ted,
> What happened to your stock air hat? I'm getting this weird 'woosh'
> sound at max boost (around 6ish) which I have no idea where it is coming
> from. There is no evidence of the manifold leaking, so I was thinking it
> might be a problem with the air hat. Where did you get the Paxton hat
from?
> Also, I was curious. Has anyone tried racing there 4x4s with the
> 4WD engaged?

ONLY if you're racing off-road.. parttime systems engaged on pavement make
for very bad binding.. you will break things.

>Is there any reason not to do this? Since the dak has no
> hub-release (unlike its Ford counterparts), the entire drivetrain is
> spinning anyway, so why not use it to prevent winding up the back end? I
> really don't want to put traction bars on this thing, since it does get
used
> for offroad use occasionally.

Traction bars require a lot of fab work on 4x4's since the springs are on
top of the axle, you should invest in some spring clamps instead.. or you
can make your own for around $10

>
> Thanks,
> .Geoff
>
> http://thunder.prohosting.com/~ghaushe/dakota/index.html
>
>



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