highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

Whats the top safe speed to drive using full time 4X4?

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

Roughly 1/5/04 15:00, Barry Bean's monkeys randomly typed:

> Whats the top safe speed to drive using full time 4X4?

Depends on the vehicle and also whether or not your
definition of "safe" includes such hazards as speeding
tickets.

e.g. the Porsche Cayenne Turbo will hit 160 mph easy, and
has a suspension that can keep it between the white
lines at that speed.

On the other hand, in a traditional 4x4 without ride height
control, I'll be darned if I'll risk much over 80 mph.

--
Fan of the dumbest team in America.

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

Roughly 1/5/04 15:00, Barry Bean's monkeys randomly typed:

> Whats the top safe speed to drive using full time 4X4?

Depends on the vehicle and also whether or not your
definition of "safe" includes such hazards as speeding
tickets.

e.g. the Porsche Cayenne Turbo will hit 160 mph easy, and
has a suspension that can keep it between the white
lines at that speed.

On the other hand, in a traditional 4x4 without ride height
control, I'll be darned if I'll risk much over 80 mph.

--
Fan of the dumbest team in America.

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

Roughly 1/5/04 15:00, Barry Bean's monkeys randomly typed:

> Whats the top safe speed to drive using full time 4X4?

Depends on the vehicle and also whether or not your
definition of "safe" includes such hazards as speeding
tickets.

e.g. the Porsche Cayenne Turbo will hit 160 mph easy, and
has a suspension that can keep it between the white
lines at that speed.

On the other hand, in a traditional 4x4 without ride height
control, I'll be darned if I'll risk much over 80 mph.

--
Fan of the dumbest team in America.

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

I think the real question is not what is the max safe speed, but rather what
speed would you want to go in 4WD? The problem being that connecting all of
that stuff to the engine costs lots of gas, and if you can go so fast as to
be concerned that you are hurting anything, I think you should be wondering
if you can get better mileage at that speed if you shifted into 2WD.




"Barry Bean" <bbbean@beancotton.com> wrote in message
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> Whats the top safe speed to drive using full time 4X4?

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

I think the real question is not what is the max safe speed, but rather what
speed would you want to go in 4WD? The problem being that connecting all of
that stuff to the engine costs lots of gas, and if you can go so fast as to
be concerned that you are hurting anything, I think you should be wondering
if you can get better mileage at that speed if you shifted into 2WD.




"Barry Bean" <bbbean@beancotton.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9467AD0BDF5ABeatmorecotton@207.14.113.17.. .
> Whats the top safe speed to drive using full time 4X4?

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

I think the real question is not what is the max safe speed, but rather what
speed would you want to go in 4WD? The problem being that connecting all of
that stuff to the engine costs lots of gas, and if you can go so fast as to
be concerned that you are hurting anything, I think you should be wondering
if you can get better mileage at that speed if you shifted into 2WD.




"Barry Bean" <bbbean@beancotton.com> wrote in message
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> Whats the top safe speed to drive using full time 4X4?

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

I figure if I'm in 4wd, 55mph is plenty fast. That's as fast as I'll go, if
i find the need to use 4wd, and the conditions are right.

--
Matt
'03 TJ Sport
91 kawasaki 650sx
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Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

I figure if I'm in 4wd, 55mph is plenty fast. That's as fast as I'll go, if
i find the need to use 4wd, and the conditions are right.

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Matt
'03 TJ Sport
91 kawasaki 650sx
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Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

I figure if I'm in 4wd, 55mph is plenty fast. That's as fast as I'll go, if
i find the need to use 4wd, and the conditions are right.

--
Matt
'03 TJ Sport
91 kawasaki 650sx
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