THe NAC Lots-O-BFG KO2 Thread

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MoparManiac said:
My thought process was always that the rear tires (if permanently locked together) will have a tendency to push you straight.

If you lock just the front, the wheels are turned towards the direction that you want to go rather than just pushing you forward.
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when turnin the inside tire wants to turn less than the outside.

so its gay when they cant turn how they wants ta.
 
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vetteboy said:
Yep. Exactly.

My rig turns sharp as hell with just the front engaged. Noticeably sharper than rear-wheel only, and certainly better than all 4 locked.

Having more wheels pushing you straight makes you go straighter. That just adds to the amount of stuff that doesn't want to follow an arc. If anything, the 'classic' school of thought (locked rear, open front) is way more counter-intuitive to me.

If the concern is which is 'easier' to steer, then I understand it...but on a trail-only rig with full hydro, that's not gonna be a concern anyway.

One thing, is I'd only spool/weld the front if you're running locking hubs. An autolocker with drive flanges is cool too. Otherwise driving in 2wd is kind of a pain.

I hate hate hate wheeling without a locked front diff. As long as you've got the steering force to match, it's such a more pleasant experience IMO.
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Sounds good to me.

Yeah more force was required when I put the lockrite in for the first time in my D30, but I didn't lose any turning radius.

I think I'm going to stick with ARB rear/lockright front.

Thanks for confirming my decision :thumbup:
 
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vetteboy said:
Having more wheels pushing you straight makes you go straighter.
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Maybe I'm just tired, but I just bust out laughing at this one! :laugh:
vetteboy said:
Yep. Exactly.

My rig turns sharp as hell with just the front engaged. Noticeably sharper than rear-wheel only, and certainly better than all 4 locked.

Having more wheels pushing you straight makes you go straighter. That just adds to the amount of stuff that doesn't want to follow an arc. If anything, the 'classic' school of thought (locked rear, open front) is way more counter-intuitive to me.

If the concern is which is 'easier' to steer, then I understand it...but on a trail-only rig with full hydro, that's not gonna be a concern anyway.

One thing, is I'd only spool/weld the front if you're running locking hubs. An autolocker with drive flanges is cool too. Otherwise driving in 2wd is kind of a pain.

I hate hate hate wheeling without a locked front diff. As long as you've got the steering force to match, it's such a more pleasant experience IMO.
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I'd have to agree with what is being said here, spooled rear and lockright front and anything hard packed means I'm going to be backing up. While I've never had a rig that was the other way around, I'm sure it would turn easier if those rear wheels weren't trying to be heading the way I didn't want to go. It was cheap and works great on everything but sharp corners. Of course I'm sure my mile wide rear tires don't help much either.

Maybe its just I want to agree so that I can just swap that spool for a selectable at some point when one of these clowns buys it for me. :gee:
 
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vetteboy said:
Yep. Exactly.

My rig turns sharp as hell with just the front engaged. Noticeably sharper than rear-wheel only, and certainly better than all 4 locked.

Having more wheels pushing you straight makes you go straighter. That just adds to the amount of stuff that doesn't want to follow an arc. If anything, the 'classic' school of thought (locked rear, open front) is way more counter-intuitive to me.

If the concern is which is 'easier' to steer, then I understand it...but on a trail-only rig with full hydro, that's not gonna be a concern anyway.

One thing, is I'd only spool/weld the front if you're running locking hubs. An autolocker with drive flanges is cool too. Otherwise driving in 2wd is kind of a pain.

I hate hate hate wheeling without a locked front diff. As long as you've got the steering force to match, it's such a more pleasant experience IMO.
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What would recommend for a rig that will be street driven to the trail then? And both selectable is a lot of $$$ so I wont be going that way.
 
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RCman said:
Of course I'm sure my mile wide rear tires don't help much either.
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WIDE LOAD (not my butt)

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that midarm thread... the guy is making mid-arms that are as long as some longarms

SO WHAT KIND OF HYBRID ARM ARE THEY !? MID-LONGISH ARMS?
 
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That's Adam's derrier I think.
 
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you guys are gay. i thought the wide load comment was about the wide tarz. not the manbutt
 
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negative points for anthony for actually guessing who's guy butt that was using his prior experience looking at our butts
 
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mini=man said:
What would recomend for a rig that will be street driven to the trail then? And selctable is a lot of $$$ so I wont be going that way.
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Well, I guess that kinda narrows it down then. :D

Like anything else, performance comes at a price, but two lunchbox lockers is a good bang for the buck. Probably that, which is what I ran for a year and a half when I was still driving the XJ to go wheelin' on 33's.

Of course it's a slippery slope at that point, as far as what your preference will be for steering, acceptable shaft breakage, etc.
 
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MoparManiac said:
WRONG.

That's me.
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Oh. I thought you were saying your butt wasn't the fatt one.

Bill's XJ's butt is like an apple bottom. It's a little big, but everyone likes it. Rob's is just obese.
 
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i loved my detroit in the front. it was always silent and always worked flawlessly til it blew up

dislike the lock-rite in front (really chattery on corners and makes bad noises in the snow) but gets the job done

spool in back was fine, didnt like leaving my tire tread on the ground every corner i made though.

detroit in the back works. but i dont like the street manners too much. it can be "jumpy"
 
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vetteboy said:
Well, I guess that kinda narrows it down then. :D

Like anything else, performance comes at a price, but two lunchbox lockers is a good bang for the buck. Probably that, which is what I ran for a year and a half when I was still driving the XJ to go wheelin' on 33's.

Of course it's a slippery slope at that point, as far as what your preference will be for steering, acceptable shaft breakage, etc.
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That's myset up now and I dont like the popping the front makes. The rear is hardly noticable and that why I wanted selectable front spool rear. I guess the selec/selec is only $600 more and when you factor in that I'm building these on the side while still wheeling 33's it's not too bad. Only a couple weeks of living on egg noodles and water.
 
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My no slip in my 8.25 worked flawlessly. It was quieter and was always there as soon as I got on the gas. If for some reason I ever modify another 8.25, I wouldn't hesitate to get one again.
 
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