>>> Don't sweat what isn't broken, redesign from failure.
>> Words I live by.
>> Every drive train and suspension modification The Green Rover has ever
>> has is in direct response to breaking something
>
> I understand this. But dont follow it.
> It's like you are saying that there is something wrong with trying to
> design
> to prevent failure.
Nothing wrong with that. But the stock rig is capable right out of the
box and a lot of people will never reach the limits of some stock LR
capabilities. Why expand limits you will likely never exceed?
> I have never had even 2 feet of snow up on the roof but its designed
> to hold
> a 4 foot load. 1/2 sheet rock is all thats required, but I used
> 5/8ths to
> help reduce noise and help prevent firespread.
That is over design for someone who lives where it never snows. A
strengthening mod is over design for someone who will never drive the
vehicle past it's current capabilities.
> And all 4 of us have non-Rover engines. Why..the rover one didnt
> throw a
> rod did it?
No but I cracked my share of heads and wore out 3 engines from high
milage during 20 years of driving before going to the V8.
> My engine worked. It got me everywhere I wanted to go.
My engines mostly worked but did not get me everywhere I tried to go.
There were too many high altitude steep long assents where the engine
just came to a stop in low range first part way up the climb. Not fun
in a 109. Nor the backing down with that tiny lift gate window. plus
on some deep sand crossings and deep high current water crossings I got
through with zero engine power reserve. kinda scary if you are
trailing alone.
> Maybe a little slower and for a bit more fuel, but I got there safely.
Well I had the option of going off road at about 45 MPH (full throttle
on a grade) or being part of a head on collision between two 18
wheelers, one of which was trying to pass on a narrow Montana road
without knowing what was commin round the bend. That off road
excursion convinced me right there and then that I needed more power
for highway crusin if I was going to do it safely. People get real
crazy if you slow them down a little.
TeriAnn J. Wakeman
Santa Cruz, California
http://www.cruzers.com/~twakeman
A member of the internet community since 1985.
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