need4speedjp said:
I will be heading up to Silver lake Sand Dunes soon, and was curious to your opinions wether or not to dis connect the anti-Swaybar(front). i dont plan on trying to break any axles by gettin airborne,but just push the limits as far as i can. i got about 4 in of lift and 32s. Thanks
I disco at the dunes... I helps back in the woods and such where you have the bikes and quad trails and they run a soup bowl around all of the trees.
I run 6-8 psi in my 31x10.50x15 MTRs on stock 7 inch wheels.... My CJ I had 31x13.50x15 Mickey T's on a 12 inch wide wheel. I ran those down to 3-4 PSI. Never broke a bead. That rolled the side wall down 2-3 inches and gave me an 18 inch wide contact patch. The CJ was a trailer queen so a messed up bead/tire/rim was of little concern
There are couple or tricks to running that low in the sand.
1) Use a good low pressure tire gauge....If your gauge only marks every 5 PSI it is not accurate enough to nail 6PSI. Get a 0-15 or 0-20 PSI gauge. You should be able to find the at one of the following places.... Silver Lake Citgo in the triangle in town, Dune Land, or Apple Tree.
2) Start about 10 PSI... air comes out of a tire way easier than it goes in.
3)
Never take a turn at speed... No doughnuts, cheerios or other show offs. The faster you like to drive the higher the pressure you will need.
4) always go as straight up and straight down the hills as you can. I like to hill climb so I will get as close to the base of the hills as I can, stop and then start my climb. The low pressure helps me get as much traction as possible.
5) check your pressure often. I would start at 3-4 PSI in the morning and by 3PM after the day was hot and the side walls had warmed up the pressure would creep back up to 6-8 PSI. I would bleed it back to 3-4 PSI. Then by the next moring when everything had cooled agian I would have to put more air back in to get to 3-4 PSI.
Jeff