I see no real reason to not disconnect the swaybar unless you're doing high-speed stuff. like said above, while a locked wheel is good, a locked wheel with traction is better.
4 locked wheels with traction is bettererI see no real reason to not disconnect the swaybar unless you're doing high-speed stuff. like said above, while a locked wheel is good, a locked wheel with traction is better.
perhaps that is "best"?4 locked wheels with traction is betterer
True, this is why dragsters have tires that are all the same size.Regardless, you can only make as much traction as the rig weighs. Divvy it up however you like, the total doesn't and can't change.
in theory, maybe the dragster has limited traction, thus choosing so spend it at its rear wheels to launch better (RWD) but as for a jeep. it seems to me that what he might be alluding to is "maximum traction" the TJ as a platform must have a max amount of traction assuming the best conditions, (completely dry dragstrip and super sticky tires, at some point you could lose traction, and there would be nothing you could do to find more) and all the offroading mods we do are really about getting the largest % of that max traction available for use?True, this is why dragsters have tires that are all the same size.
Seriously, I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. Distribution of the traction to the different tires doesn't matter, just the total?
That is about as far removed as you can get from this discussion. What size would the fucking front tires be if it was 4 wheel drive?True, this is why dragsters have tires that are all the same size.
My only point is that you only have as much traction available as the weight of the rig will provide. If you two tires on the ground and it is locked, that is exactly the same amount of traction as all four because each of the two is still supporting the whole weight of the rig.Seriously, I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. Distribution of the traction to the different tires doesn't matter, just the total?
My only point is that you only have as much traction available as the weight of the rig will provide. If you two tires on the ground and it is locked, that is exactly the same amount of traction as all four because each of the two is still supporting the whole weight of the rig.
That is about as far removed as you can get from this discussion. What size would the fucking front tires be if it was 4 wheel drive?
My only point is that you only have as much traction available as the weight of the rig will provide. If you two tires on the ground and it is locked, that is exactly the same amount of traction as all four because each of the two is still supporting the whole weight of the rig.
GravityOkay not to derail this discussion but since we are talking about the weight of the rig applied to traction can you explain in a simple way why then does a lighter rig do better than a heavier rig? This is the reason for going with aluminum armor and not steel? If more weight meant more traction wouldn't the heavier rig do better?
You wanna go on a hike with a 10 lb rucksack or a 50 lb rucksack?Okay not to derail this discussion but since we are talking about the weight of the rig applied to traction can you explain in a simple way why then does a lighter rig do better than a heavier rig? This is the reason for going with aluminum armor and not steel? If more weight meant more traction wouldn't the heavier rig do better?
You wanna go on a hike with a 10 lb rucksack or a 50 lb rucksack?
I debated even answering because I knew you would go there even though you requested an answer in the simplest form possible.Neither anymore.....
I debated even answering because I knew you would go there even though you requested an answer in the simplest form possible.
It isn't technically easier, it is easier. Everything has to work harder to move the rig down the trail.Simple in how it relates to our Jeeps. And most of my hiking for the last 20+ years was with a 80 lb ruck on my back.
I get that if the rig is lighter that to drag it over something it will technically be easier but at the same time if I only have 100 lbs of pressure on a tire because my Jeep weighs X as opposed to the one that has 150 lbs of pressure on the tire because it weighs XX which one has more traction?
Simple in how it relates to our Jeeps. And most of my hiking for the last 20+ years was with a 80 lb ruck on my back.
I get that if the rig is lighter that to drag it over something it will technically be easier but at the same time if I only have 100 lbs of pressure on a tire because my Jeep weighs X as opposed to the one that has 150 lbs of pressure on the tire because it weighs XX which one has more traction?
You have never believed that weight matters. Yep, more traction is better, so build as heavy as fucking possible.I get that if the rig is lighter that to drag it over something it will technically be easier but at the same time if I only have 100 lbs of pressure on a tire because my Jeep weighs X as opposed to the one that has 150 lbs of pressure on the tire because it weighs XX which one has more traction?
You have never believed that weight matters. Yep, more traction is better, so build as heavy as fucking possible.