Would have to say YES!! _________________ I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
- Terry Pratchett
That has about as much in common with a factory 200 as a Bowler with a LR _________________ Please sponser me on my Help for Heroes bike ride at www.justgiving.com/grahamcole
Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 1081 Location: Oswestry, Shropshire.
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 20:30 Post subject:
Grimbo wrote:
That has about as much in common with a factory 200 as a Bowler with a LR
I was going to put "with enough time and money anything can be great off road"
Paul _________________ LC 80 series 1993. 285/75/16s Cooper SSTs, OME 850s on the front with 25mm packer, 868s on the rear. 4.88 diffs. Winch bumper with 12000lb winch.
HD rear bumper with wheel carrier and winch mount.
Like hire cars, sponsored Cruisers are much faster than the ones we own
Graham, I think you might be surprised by how stock those LCs are. They run in the standard production class (or they did in the 2009 Dakar) and they're allowed very few mods - I think they're allowed to run an extra shock per corner and obviously strip out the interior to fit a roll cage, multipoint safety-belts and long range tanks etc. The engine, gearbox and transmission all stays standard and they can add some skidplates/underbody armour but that's about it IIRC.
Safety kit & some small engine tweaks allowed thats it, those vehicles are mechanically the same as the ones you'll buy in the showroom. Which is partly why Toyota keep winning the class.
Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 325 Location: doncaster
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 20:52 Post subject: 200 series
watching that clip of the Dakar reminds me of us last week blasting across the 2004 Dakar route in our 80, great fun and scary too! ! ,Mark. _________________ Colorado 3.0td (sold a long time ago)1996
Landrover defender 90 (had to go )2005
kzj78 3.0td Auto (sold recently)1995
HDJ80 4.2td Auto 1993 present car
Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 325 Location: doncaster
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 20:54 Post subject: 200 series
watching that clip of the Dakar reminds me of us last week blasting across the 2004 Dakar route in our 80, great fun and scary too! ! ,Mark. _________________ Colorado 3.0td (sold a long time ago)1996
Landrover defender 90 (had to go )2005
kzj78 3.0td Auto (sold recently)1995
HDJ80 4.2td Auto 1993 present car
Even in Dakar trim I can get used to the look of it. If someone gave me one I wouldn't set fire to it, but it just isn't growing on me. _________________ 3.0TD LC90 with fat tekkies
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