Re: Successful Transplant !

On 10/25/2024 2:51 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Clare Snyder"  wrote in message news:g12ohjt801lb7phvn7c047l5jvegsiu8ee@4ax.com...
 My '96Ranger 4 liter 5 speed was my first "limited slip" vehicle.
SZtill have it at 392000km and still love it - but the first thing
that caught my attention was that when you got the rear wheels
spinning is you lost your "rudder". The non-spinner with an open rear
end keeps the vehicle going more or less in a straight line. When both
are spinning the rear end pretty much goes wherever it wants!!!...
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 The same happens to my 91 Ranger's light rear end on ice even without limited slip. Dirt (and ice) biking gave me the instinctive reflexes to stay in control with the rear wheels flopping around. Ice on the road isn't limited to storms, melt water from snow banks freezes when the sun goes down.
 

Pickup trucks in general (and some cars) are notoriously bad in dirt, sand, or maybe slippery stuff due to the lack of weight on the rear axle.  The addition of as little as a couple hundred pounds over the axle makes a huge difference.  I know this first hand.  My station wagon was better in the sand (with similar size tires) than most empty pickup trucks.  My first car was a very light 67 Ford Cortina (English Ford), It was intended as a "dune buggy" by a previous owner who installed 60s on the front and 50s on the rear.  It was terrible until I dropped a couple bags of concrete in the trunk.  It didn't magically turn it into a dune buggy, but it was pretty good after that.
Crew cabs tend to have better weight distribution, but that is offset by increased overall weight.  Add some decent width tires and they aren't to bad in the sand.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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