Rich
Asshole at large
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2005
- Location
- Central PA
Took the first drive with the ORI struts on, having replaced my Sway-a-Way coilovers. My rig does not have air bumps or sway bars. Unsprung weight is nearly as much as sprung weight (just under 4600lbs total with 2x steering rockwells)
First thing I noticed was less torque lean when putting it into gear... that's good. start heading around the property and I'm amazed at how smooth the ride is, i can see the axles moving some whereas before, the whole rig seemed to get tossed around a lot.
Hit the road, and did some swerving back and forth at around 35 which would have previously sent the rig nearly to its bump stops.. not anymore! It leaned, but maybe 1/2 as much, and the cool part is, the rig only seemed to squat, not rise up on the other side.
Fire road testing was equally impressive. The rig was much more "planted", responding better to steering input, presumably because the tires were in better contact with the dirt. Sliding it around and other hooligan activities were less scary, as the body didn't flop around like some 70 year old woman's titties on a treadmill.
Did I jump it? Not enough to make Stumprope stand up and say "hell yeah!" but enough to know I'm FAR happier than with the coilovers, and when I overcooked the landing and hit a 20" ditch at about 15mph, the impact was REALLY cushioned. Like "oh hell, what broke to make that so soft" cushioned.. But nothing broke.
If you're building and pricing up coilovers or air shocks, bumps, AND sway bars, you owe it to yourself to price these out.. They're not expensive when you add all that other stuff up.
Get 'em from Rides of Conover, 91oneton here on the board.
First thing I noticed was less torque lean when putting it into gear... that's good. start heading around the property and I'm amazed at how smooth the ride is, i can see the axles moving some whereas before, the whole rig seemed to get tossed around a lot.
Hit the road, and did some swerving back and forth at around 35 which would have previously sent the rig nearly to its bump stops.. not anymore! It leaned, but maybe 1/2 as much, and the cool part is, the rig only seemed to squat, not rise up on the other side.
Fire road testing was equally impressive. The rig was much more "planted", responding better to steering input, presumably because the tires were in better contact with the dirt. Sliding it around and other hooligan activities were less scary, as the body didn't flop around like some 70 year old woman's titties on a treadmill.
Did I jump it? Not enough to make Stumprope stand up and say "hell yeah!" but enough to know I'm FAR happier than with the coilovers, and when I overcooked the landing and hit a 20" ditch at about 15mph, the impact was REALLY cushioned. Like "oh hell, what broke to make that so soft" cushioned.. But nothing broke.
If you're building and pricing up coilovers or air shocks, bumps, AND sway bars, you owe it to yourself to price these out.. They're not expensive when you add all that other stuff up.
Get 'em from Rides of Conover, 91oneton here on the board.
I'm not getting my hopes up.
