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Vehicle & Technical => Range Rover => Topic started by: red rangey on July 06, 2006, 19:29:36

Title: range rover 2wd
Post by: red rangey on July 06, 2006, 19:29:36

is it possible to just take out the frount half sharfts and put in a pair with the stup cut off and run as 2wd for rosd use
has any one done this and does it work? :)

Title: range rover 2wd
Post by: Jim-Willy on July 06, 2006, 19:33:14

Why would You want to?

My old jeep could use 2wd or 4wd on the road and fuel consumption was the same, main difference was that there was far too much power in 2wd it span the wheels for fun and pushed the front on.  Leave it be.

Title: range rover 2wd
Post by: gtomo2 on July 06, 2006, 19:49:55

lot of work to do that as if you take the front prop shaft off it wont move as the transfer box has a diff in it. so you would ave to design a new one of them as well :wink: . plus four wheel is much better for cornaring

Title: range rover 2wd
Post by: rangerider on July 06, 2006, 22:37:49

You would have to drive with diff-lock all the time, I ran round like that as frontwheel drive for a couple of weeks after mangling a rear diff.

Not really sure why anyone would want a 2wd rangie tho :)

Title: range rover 2wd
Post by: jjsaul on July 06, 2006, 23:31:45

Quote from: "rangerider"

Not really sure why anyone would want a 2wd rangie tho :)

V8....RWD....could be good fun....

Title: range rover 2wd
Post by: Xtremeteam on July 06, 2006, 23:36:59

Quote from: "jjsaul"

Quote from: "rangerider"

Not really sure why anyone would want a 2wd rangie tho :)

V8....RWD....could be good fun....

Tramp drift   :lol:

Title: range rover 2wd
Post by: Range Rover Blues on July 07, 2006, 01:28:23

And the front end goes up quite alrmingly under acceleration :o

Title: range rover 2wd
Post by: johnniep on July 07, 2006, 13:42:59

yeh, ive been runnign a rangerover in RWD for just under a yr now because the b/w transfer box locked solid and was mashing front diffs, and the rangie has got a nissan 3.5tdi in it, and down here in cornwall on the wet mud splattered lanes it gets v v interesting, spech since we did the polybushes to! it just spins/slides rather than pitching in to corners!

Title: range rover 2wd
Post by: dew1911 on July 07, 2006, 13:48:30

Quote from: "jjsaul"

Quote from: "rangerider"

Not really sure why anyone would want a 2wd rangie tho :)

V8....RWD....could be good fun....

I seem to remember you had the 110 sideways a couple of times didn't you Mr Saul? :lol:

Title: range rover 2wd
Post by: jjsaul on July 08, 2006, 05:04:07

Quote from: "dew1911"

Quote from: "jjsaul"

Quote from: "rangerider"

Not really sure why anyone would want a 2wd rangie tho :)

V8....RWD....could be good fun....

I seem to remember you had the 110 sideways a couple of times didn't you Mr Saul? :lol:

would i  :roll:

Title: range rover 2wd
Post by: gtomo2 on July 08, 2006, 12:46:27

Now a 4 wheel drift on a roundabout looks  :twisted: a lot better than a 2 wheel slide on a roundabout :roll: . But with 2wd you can power down the road sidewards :twisted:  never been able to do it with 4wd