It's a "thing" Jeep

It's a "thing" Jeep.

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theres another one thats a single seater thats a belive turbo nissan or supra engines that looks a HELL OF ALOT better

imo on this one theres 3 things that stand out as FAIL...the windshield....those popout sidesand the random holes around the front fender areas....things easily handled if someone was trying
 
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Kinda makes you think assembling the left-over parts would make a better outcome. :hmmm:

I could see putting a plastic C4 body on a CJ chassis.:cool:
 
I just pictured a lifted C4 'Vette with the leftover CJ windshield, and it made me giggle.

I wanted to do a J10 street truck (lowered, but not slammed) with street tires and such many years ago when I found a clean J10 "Honcho" 360/4-speed truck with the Quadra-Trac AWD-style transfer case. I was a kid, so it seemed like a good idea at the time. I ended up buying my Challenger instead.
 
It's called camber. All the drifter/tuners have it like that. Goofy lookin, yes but it works for those cars.
 
and the hood is up cause its at a show.....also i should note CENTER DRIVER.....thats gotta be fun as hell
 
Fishy said:
It's called camber. All the drifter/tuners have it like that. Goofy lookin, yes but it works for those cars.
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Not baggin' on you, but I'm reasonably sure R/T understands camber quite well. I simply don't understand the mindset that causes one to think mixing 4X4, rat rod, and rice tuner will wind up looking even remotely appealing, regardless of how well it may drive. Something for everyone.:huh:
 
At least he put some effort into making the wireing harness look nice.
 
Fishy said:
It's called camber. All the drifter/tuners have it like that. Goofy lookin, yes but it works for those cars.
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I think we're all pretty aware of camber, Filet O'. That much camber is only good for drifting, really, as you're compromising contact patch in any cornering situation. It makes it easier to drift but much harder to stick in a corner. Anyone that does that to vehicles and tell you it handles better is a moron, because if the suspension's so sloppy that the outside tire makes better contact in a hard corner, the inside tire is now damned-near riding on the sidewall. If the vehicle has MacPherson-type struts rather than proper upper and lower control arms, it's only going to be worse in a corner on the outside tire (camber change with struts has never been a good thing). That's why an '82 Camaro will get smoked in the twisties by an '81, all else being equal. The '82 has an inferior strut front suspension.

It doesn't work, it's a look--and a stupid one, just like all those 200SXs, Preludes, and Supras running around Atlanta on 13x10 wheels back when I lived there. Show me a Formula 1 car with camber like that and I'll bite.

I'm not busting on you either, just informing. It doesn't work because it can't work, and those that would tell you it does are asshats.
 
I wasn't questioning anyone understanding of camber. Admittedly it was more of an ill-placed sarcastic remark. Usually with setups like that, people do have it set up for drifting, which seems to be huge these days. As you said, that setup does work for that, and only that. As far as a regular street or track car, I know that's not a good setup, nor would I ever run it but, for a drifter it works.
 
Fishy said:
for a drifter it works.
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Only because doing so nullifies any advantage of a wide tire. In fact, having a narrower tire with less camber would still get better traction---------------but that wouldn't look as cool. :doh:

...........if you consider THAT cool.
 
I never said I thought it looked cool :D just that it serves a purpose for that style of driving.
 
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