FirstSubaruGLwagon Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Found this photo in the March issue of Petersons 4 wheel drive and Off-Road magizine.... Enjoy!:cool: And yes,, there is a girl driving it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry DeMoss Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 That looks fun! Wonder what motor exactly they are using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstSubaruGLwagon Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 yeah, good question,,, i emagin there is a lot of gearing involved,, the geared down Unimog axles would be a must with those tires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet82 Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 There is a UROC competition Rock Crawler that uses an STi motor. Unimog axles are heavyier, more expensive and harder to find parts for than a Dana 60. The latest Crawlers are not using Unimog equipment anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibs Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Wanna see some REAL subarr rockcrawlin? Check this lonk out of us at the moonrocks where some national competitions have been held: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=47241&highlight=moonrocks But yeah thats cool, I think I've seen that one before, or a similar one. Still pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Unimog axles are heavyier, more expensive and harder to find parts for than a Dana 60.The latest Crawlers are not using Unimog equipment anymore. Just wait until the PortalTek axles come out. Ford 9" diff, nodular iron axle tubes (square like a Rockwell), and some pretty wild portal box ratios, in addition to out-of-the-box Wilwood brakes. Yeah, they're $4000 an axle, but for the most insane rigs, they'll be amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubaruJunkie Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Thats no subaru. Neither is the rock crawler with a STi engine. They are just Subaru engines in a buggy. Its like calling aircraft that uses a EA81 a subaru, which it clearly is not. Jibs has the right idea! -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 That is kind of interesting mounting the engine and trans on top of the axle instead of up in the frame/body. Wonder what transaxle and transfercase was used? Looks back heavy...wonder how it climbs? Any more pics and info floating around? How about action shots of that Sidewinder buggy with the high hp engine? Last photos I saw of it they were just rolling it out of the shop and flexing it with a forklift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 I was curious how that front suspension and stuff worked, so I searched and found more pics on Pirate4x4. http://www.pirate4x4.com/gallery/urocsupercrawl2005tech/aar http://www.pirate4x4.com/gallery/urocsupercrawl2005tech/aas http://www.pirate4x4.com/gallery/urocsupercrawl2005tech/aat http://www.pirate4x4.com/gallery/urocsupercrawl2005tech/aau http://www.pirate4x4.com/gallery/urocsupercrawl2005tech/aav And here's the main article the pics come from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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