Saturday, August 24, 2013


Project update
 Last weekend we had a chance to test out the suspension and tires. In short I was very happy with the way the P38 performed on the trails. Whether the truck was off camber or on hills it remained stable and solid. When pushed over whoopie doos and hidden obstacles under the mud the truck didn't do anything out of the ordinary and the shocks absorb the rim smashing impacts.





Side note, a passenger that took a ride in the P38 said "its unbelievably comfortable for this big of a lift"




This weekend at Howard's Guyfulks event the extra wheelbase came in very handy with all the elevation changes.




One thing that I noticed With the P38 compared to the other Land Rover products of the same Era was the Transfer case. In order to get it to engage you really have to stand on the pedal. This is a huge disadvantage when you're trying to gently crawl over an obstacle. In short this means you have to go faster and risk breaking more things to do what a D2 or Defender with a locking T Case could do with ease. We really need to double our efforts in finding an economical way to get a lockable Tcase.





On a good note  I was impressed with the way the traction control was able to help get the  P38 through the sticky ducks snot mud.




More updates Soon
We will have the truck at Roush Creek next week for Rovers on the Rocks

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