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Jun 18, 2007 | 10:34 AM

#101

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Originally Posted by Flygtenstein

Anyone here actually wheel a double locked IFS truck on more than bunny hills or is that going to get us too close to facts again?

Me.

(But then I have a SAS rig at my disposal too)

Jun 18, 2007 | 10:48 AM

#102

drew303

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I busted a CV yesterday. IFS sucks. But damn it was funny when it broke!

haha

Jun 18, 2007 | 12:11 PM

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deathrunner

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I only have the rear locked, but the bunnies have a hard time keeping up.

Jun 18, 2007 | 12:27 PM

#104

DaveInDenver

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Flygtenstein

I laugh at people who tell me IFS will hang in rocks with solid axle trucks because mine sure didn't.

Anyone here actually wheel a double locked IFS truck on more than bunny hills or is that going to get us too close to facts again?

Hardest thing I've gotten mine up was Missouri Gulch, up by Breckenridge. Took a VERY good spotter (in fact he now drives on a FJ Cruiser Trail Team) to get it there, but I was following a pair of nice Cruisers with two lockers (I have 2 lockers, too) and automatics. Just having one stock geared transfer case, a 5 speed and 33x9.50 ATs, I wasn't so much crawling as just hanging on, though. I'm not one of those people who say IFS will hang with SAS, of course not. But IFS isn't really not holding me back, the problem is with the lugnut behind the steering wheel. Actually what holds me back I think is not having a Marlin or sliders, I'm always riding the clutch and that I think makes it harder to crawl than anything.

Jun 18, 2007 | 05:26 PM

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Flygtenstein

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Troy, that was mostly rhetorical. This reads too much like a fact.

Jun 18, 2007 | 08:22 PM

#106

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Agreed - there's some pretty hardcore web-wheeling going on here! LOL

Jun 18, 2007 | 08:34 PM

#107

Albuquerque Jim

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Flygtenstein

I don't think it's the IFS that keeps me from hanging as much as my tolerance for significant body damage.

I think I have wheeled some trails that others will build SAS'd rigs to run.

In addition, mass generalizations like these make me laugh. Saying IFS is better in the High-Speed stuff must mean I can hang with the Baja 500 guys. Saying that SAS is better in the rocks must mean that anyone who SAS's their mall crawler can hang with the Comp buggies...

Good Times

Jun 18, 2007 | 08:51 PM

#108

Elvota

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But without mass generalizations... how can we build stereotypes on which to base preconceived biases upon??

Jun 18, 2007 | 09:23 PM

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AxleIke

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With my IFS, i can go out and take ˟˟˟˟˟ shots all weekend long. I've got a thread to prove it too.

I can replace my IFS CORE sticker with a rainbow one, and it'll mean the same thing.

We have moved from tech to off topic and now into penis petting. I'm not objecting, after all, that's fun too, but we should at least change the title of the thread.

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