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Old 07-06-2020, 04:33 AM   #67 (permalink)
bobo333
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Adelaide, Australia
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F Truck - '77 Ford F100 2x4, single cab, lwb
90 day: 8.75 mpg (US)

Bombodore - '98 Holden Commodore Exec Wagon
90 day: 21.35 mpg (US)

Civic - '93 Honda Civic GL
90 day: 36.62 mpg (US)

Jim The Prius - '09 Toyota Prius
90 day: 36.66 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by SkauneJohan View Post
Very cool project, would love to make mine offroadable too, the roads here are only half bad so think stock suspension is enough besides cars based in the 80s models have very good ground clearance

Do you think better tires might help with the mud? But then again It is a lot cheaper to go with what you have instead of investing in new stuff

Cheers/Johan
I think smaller/smoother tyres on the rear would have been a benefit to some degree, leaving more room in the wheel arches and picking up less of the sticky mud. But it's probably only a matter of time before they clogged regardless, it was difficult to even walk on the road let alone drive anything smaller than a tractor.

I'm not back home in quarantine so I've pulled the car apart to clear out the rest of the mud, there's still a lot despite driving around 1500km through rain and corrugated gravel and a river crossing or 3 since the incident...


I've also started planning on the front bumper build, more about that can be found in this thread
https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/its-all-about-compromise-study-front-bumper-design-38387.html

Stay tuned 👌
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(Posted in 2020) 2009 Prius Off Road project: https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...ide-38366.html

(Posted in 2012) 1977 F100 Project: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post310326
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