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flexyfool

flexyfool

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Boise, Idaho
From Wikipedia: "Before xDrive, BMW offered 4WD as an option in the 1980s for the 3 series and the 5 series. The system had a planetary center differential with a permanent 38-62 (front-back) torque split. Both the center and rear differential had a viscous lock which would engage automatically if slippage occurred (one shaft rotated at a significantly different speed compared to the other). The front differential had no lock of any kind."

The suspension is IFS and takes up a lot of room and is beefy. I think these cars would be "easiest" to lift and lock into an Eagle or that Australian Subaru from an earlier post.
 
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Bart

Bart

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Arm Utah
Funny this thread should pop up. Since I bought Janeal a newer Subi Outback I now daily drive her Volvo XC70. I've been thinking about doing something like this to it.
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sixstringsteve

sixstringsteve

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UT
I've always loved that volvo. Were you able to find any more info on it? Has that been a reliable vehicle for you? Cheap to maintain?
 
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Box Rocket

Box Rocket

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Syracuse, Utah
Surprised I haven't seen anyone mention the Rally Fighter. Pretty much everything you mentioned......except for 4 doors and cheap. ;)
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Somewhat on topic. This thing is wrong in so many ways but really cool and it was fast! It hasn't been around racing for a few years now but when it did it was fast.


in this video at about 45 sec you can see it pass another racer like he wasn't moving. And the guy he passed isn't slow.
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jackjoh

jackjoh

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Riverton, UT
carsonc1974 said:
it doest fit all of your criteria, but I've had a TON OF FUN in and old baja style bug! Im not a rock crawler, but have surprised myself in some of the places we've been able to go.
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The desert race series in the mid 1970's had a lot of VW bugs with Porsche engines but the hot combo was a Datsun 510, knock off of BMW, with a 280 Z engine and Hitachi carbs that replaced the inferior old SU's. They would do 120 on straight stretches of gravel and were good enough in slow rough stuff to win most of the desert races like the Mojave 24 Hour race. For what Steve is talking about I do not have enough experience with the newer vehicles but would think the small Subaru, Honda, or Toyota could be made to work. Of the America stuff I wonder about the Dodge Dart. I remember the old Darts could be made to go well in the desert.
 
Greg

Greg

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jackjoh said:
... Of the America stuff I wonder about the Dodge Dart. I remember the old Darts could be made to go well in the desert.
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I have seen a handful of domestic, old-iron muscle cars that have been turned into desert cars... and I LOVE the idea! So badass... I'd love to put one together some day. ;)

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Bart

Bart

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Arm Utah
sixstringsteve said:
I've always loved that volvo. Were you able to find any more info on it? Has that been a reliable vehicle for you? Cheap to maintain?
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I'm still looking but I'm guessing there would be a lot of work to get it to that. Our Volvo has been one of the lowest maintenance cars we've ever owned. There are some weird things that wear out like sway bar links but overall it's been a great car. It gets 28 mpg on the freeway and averages 20 around town.
 
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carsonc1974

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Have you thought about putting long travel on an older Toyota pickup? You can get a pretty good suspension system for those

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