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Title: Somers Rally 09
Post by: B52BUFF on October 02, 2009, 11:06:54 PM: (http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn104/B52BUFF/100_0954.jpg)

I have lots but this is the first one.

This is the second
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn104/B52BUFF/100_0935.jpg)

And the Banner

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn104/B52BUFF/100_0947.jpg)
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: B52BUFF on October 02, 2009, 11:15:30 PM: THis is a video of the rock crawler
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn104/B52BUFF/th_100_0965.jpg) (http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn104/B52BUFF/?action=view&current=100_0965.flv)
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: B52BUFF on October 02, 2009, 11:17:41 PM: This is Andy's run

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn104/B52BUFF/th_100_0968.jpg) (http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn104/B52BUFF/?action=view&current=100_0968.flv)
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: BlacXJeep on October 03, 2009, 02:03:33 AM: chuck I'd really like the ones of me on the RTI ramps, you have em?
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: Seabee_BUC on October 03, 2009, 02:22:51 AM: One of the reasons we bought the house we did was so I could build one of those crawlers! I can't wait to get back to MS and start planning it out...
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: B52BUFF on October 03, 2009, 02:54:14 AM: (http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn104/B52BUFF/100_0981.jpg)

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Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: B52BUFF on October 03, 2009, 02:57:02 AM: (http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn104/B52BUFF/100_0988.jpg)

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Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: BlacXJeep on October 03, 2009, 03:11:57 AM: sweet man thanks
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: Tsunami on October 03, 2009, 06:45:32 AM: nice pics man... love the videos...
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: kirksjeep on October 04, 2009, 05:29:40 AM: Nice to see the YJ out flexing the XJ and LJ ;D What do the RTI numbers mean????
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: Flex on October 04, 2009, 03:21:44 PM: theres a calculation for the rti numbers in the handout that we got for the rally when we came in the gate.
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: Sandbox Sailor on October 04, 2009, 04:46:45 PM: Basically, it is a ratio of your wheel base to the distance you got up the ramp before you lifted a tire. If you score 1000, you got as far up the ramp as your wheel base front to back. Less that 1000 means you didn't get as far up as your wheel base, over 1000 means you got past your wheel base. When big yeller was mine and I went to the rally, I scored something like 1250 forward and 963 in reverse.
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: kirksjeep on October 04, 2009, 07:43:50 PM: It was more of a joke, RTI might be a number of how well your Jeep flexes, but it has no bearing on how well it actually works. A lot of people put a lot of merit into RTI scores, but in real off road conditions RTI numbers don't mean crap. I have seen several Jeeps that might not have good RTI numbers but have the right tires, tire pressure, traction, driver etc... Also remember that having a lot of flex can have negative aspects too, just look at the competition rock buggies that use a winch on the front to compress the front end a limit flex for steep hill climbs.

In short it's like saying one car has more horse power then another at a drag race, but it is who makes it down the track first still wins.
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: PaulW on October 05, 2009, 12:22:16 AM: Ive unbolted my shackles and my shocks, to get better rti scores, does that mean its better on the trail? probably not, but i went further up the ramp. rti ramps should be left for bench racing.
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: BlacXJeep on October 05, 2009, 04:44:56 AM: It was fun nonetheless
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: PaulW on October 05, 2009, 05:28:46 AM: i always thought so too.
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: BlacXJeep on October 06, 2009, 02:04:52 AM: Quote from: kirksjeep on October 04, 2009, 05:29:40 AM
Nice to see the YJ out flexing the XJ and LJ ;D What do the RTI numbers mean????

Did he out flex me? Looks like our tires are in pretty much the same place on the ramps. not to mention his tires are smaller. Just for the hell of it did you guys keep your scores?
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: gearhead1985B on October 06, 2009, 02:08:22 AM: I think they are still in the jeep
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: calvynandhobbs on October 06, 2009, 02:23:23 AM: Quote from: BlacXJeep on October 06, 2009, 02:04:52 AM
Quote from: kirksjeep on October 04, 2009, 05:29:40 AM
Nice to see the YJ out flexing the XJ and LJ ;D What do the RTI numbers mean????

Did he out flex me? Looks like our tires are in pretty much the same place on the ramps. not to mention his tires are smaller. Just for the hell of it did you guys keep your scores?

If you both went the same distance up the ramp then he would have a better score since the score is based on the distance up the ramp and the wheelbase of the vehicle. A Cherokee has to go further up the ramp to get the same score as a YJ. Last year when I did it I got a 875 forward and 830 backward with my XJ.
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: BlacXJeep on October 06, 2009, 02:58:11 AM: On the 20 degree ramp my front RTI Rating was 772.2 and rear was 846.5. The 30 degree RTI I got 554 in the front and didn't do the rear.
Title: Re: Somers Rally 09
Post by: Tsunami on October 06, 2009, 03:07:52 PM: http://s628.photobucket.com/albums/uu2/musikmaan2009/Rally/

sorry it took so long to get mine on here