4wd demo eye opening

[neanderpaul]

My buddy had a Brazilian release samurai. It had a stock 1600 cc and 275000 miles on it. Fun truck. They will climb a tree too!

[DuritzCrows17]

cool samurai, unfortunatley I am not in the market for one atm.

[quaddawg]

Sammys are cool, I will probably end up with one, cause I love the little guys... but, in all fairness, I have been on some awesome trails/obstacles with a LOT of Sammys, and a LOT of Sidekick/Trackers (like mine) and believe it or not, I have never been unable to follow a Sammy, anywhere he went, but I have gotten quite a few Sammys stuck, and a few turned over, trying to follow me.. Sammys are a blast, but they are notoriously top heavy on severe off-camber obstacles, and they flip side to side, AND end over end much more easily than a 'Kick. They have a little better ground clearance in the middle, but my approach angle and clearance is better since I don't have axle hangers hanging down. I belong to a large group of Suzuki guys, and every year at the Zookimelt the Sammys and I have it out, and every year, they flip over on their sides... LOL...

Check this out, same obstacle, which looks like NOTHING in pictures, but in reality, this is a severe off-camber, downhill right hand turn that will either scrape your sides on the big boulder, OR flip you right over on your right front if you try to swing too wide of the boulder... The lead Sammy flipped... and several of the other guys had to have some help not scraping or tilting... but the Tracker (suzuki sidekick...same) went right through, nearly flat..

I do have 5.62:1 gears and a rear spool......










And here is another look at the bottom of that rock hill I showed the video of... the bottom is steep enough, but check out the ledge in front of the truck... that thing is killer.... FUN!!!


This picture is actually of a different trip, you can see I don't have my snorkle on yet, but it's the same hill..

[quaddawg]

As you can tell, I love my little truck...

This was a great trip through the Daniel Boone National Forest
Full write up here with tons more pics

http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=12397.0

[neanderpaul]

Wow Dawg! You have some serious flex there. I thought the samurai was better than the sidekick. Apparently not. :thumbright:

[quaddawg]

Wow Dawg! You have some serious flex there. I thought the samurai was better than the sidekick. Apparently not. :thumbright:

LOL, yeah, the Sammy guys thought that too... and I have to prove otherwise... over and over an over and over again... lol.. everytime we go out..

They just CAN'T believe it!!! I mean, Sammys look so tall, and are so flexy.... they just have to be more capable, don't they? LOL... nope.


My guy isn't that flexy, and doesn't have all that much ground clearance in the middle... BUT, flex and ground clearance isn't all it is cracked up to be. Balance and traction means a LOT more on tight and twisty trail running.

NOW, my little guy is NOT a rock crawler, and doesn't do super well at rock crawling obstacles... but, at trail running..... yeah, Sidekicks/Trackers/Vitaras really shine and can do very very well.. they surprise folks ALL the time. It has a lot to do with it's weak link, the independant front suspension... better traction, better axle angles, better tire contact patch over obstacles, etc..

It's true the Sammys can be tougher, solid axles can hold up better than CV joint axles, but Sammys have birfield joints, and those break... it's takes a light touch with either vehicle to not break out on the trail....


OK, rant off.... you can tell, I love my Tracker, and I love to show off how capable of a trail truck it is... just super...

BUT, I do LOVE Sammys!!!!

[neanderpaul]

That's cool man. It sounds exactly like me trying to convince people of the festivas greatness!

[quaddawg]

LOL.... yeah, I have to do my share of that too....

[25Horseplay]

That looks like alot of fun! I had a Suzuki X90 a couple years ago, neat car!

[neanderpaul]

^ rare car too.

[quaddawg]

I want an X90 SO bad. They are the same as the Sidekick and Trackers... just cooler in a 2 seat version. Some were 4x4, some not. I like the 4x4 version with leather and power everything... very cool.. Check out THIS x90:




OR




OR, you could go the other direction with one:

[Maxtiva]

^ Really cool !!! I want to have those 3

[25Horseplay]

Here is a pic of mine, 98 4x4 leather loaded! 38,000 miles when I sold it 1 1/2 years ago!

[Maxtiva]

Why did you sell it ? It look like really clean !!!

[25Horseplay]

A girl in New York posted a want ad for a X90 exactly like mine. I couldn't refuse the money! She did some mods to it, here is what it looks like now.