Shrock
05-05-2002, 11:20 PM
For my newbie graduation post, I bring you.....
MAS02 and I met up in Tucson and did the deal.
http://home.houston.rr.com/shrake/images/Heading%20Home-small.jpg
The kids give it their stamp of approval.
http://home.houston.rr.com/shrake/images/mutts-small.JPG
Flog me if you must, but tonight I really dont care. I finally got my Sammi, and I'm no longer a newbie. :flipoff2: :flipoff2:
It's 1AM and I just got home. It will not be sitting on pavement for long tomorrow. I'll post some more Pirate BB appropriate pics later.
mud-magnet
05-06-2002, 08:51 AM
looks good, now wheel that b!tch and get some REAL pics up........ new wheeler:flipoff2: :D
DemoMike
05-06-2002, 10:19 AM
BTW, what year Trooper (215Hp, right?) and how'd it pull the Sammie?
misatori
05-06-2002, 11:03 AM
So when is the Houston Sami Society going to start beating up that sheet metal? Shrok- You need me to come by with a sawzall? Where you planning to wheel the new toy? ??
Shrock
05-06-2002, 12:36 PM
Trooper is a 98. Yes 215HP. It did fine. Gas milage sucked in the hilly areas...10-11 MPG. The 33's on the Trooper have my gearing all wonked, so I spent a lot of time in 3rd gear at abot 3200RPMs. I pretty much just set the cruise and let it go. There were only maybe 5-6 long grades that slowed me down to about 55 at the top, other than that I went about 70-75 most of the way.
Old Town Spring is close by and kinda fun. Barnwell ORV park, Shilo Ridge, my deer lease is in the hill country is nothing but rock. It's b/t Sonora and Del Rio, I'm still finding new places to wheel. Got any good ones?
fatkid
05-06-2002, 08:18 PM
Nice, your moving up from Newbie to Web Wheeler...:flipoff2:
TNToy
05-06-2002, 09:43 PM
*tapping foot* Well Fatkid? I'm waiting... ;)
Shrock
05-07-2002, 03:37 PM
Originally posted by fatkid
Nice, your moving up from Newbie to Web Wheeler...
owww...that one stung a little bit. :D :D
Guess I better hurry up and get it rubber side up. :flipoff2:
10-11mpg that is bad. I got 14mpg with a v8 towing it there and 18mpg after. I hope you can find some rocks in Texas, but it will need to come back to CA,AZ for some good wheeling.
Good luck
Mike
Shrock
05-07-2002, 06:16 PM
I'm pretty sure it was bec. it could not pull anything but the very slightest grade in 4th gear, so I spent most of the time in 3rd gear. Once past San Antonio where things flatten out a lot, the milage went way up. I did not calculate it to see exactly what it was, but I drove a lot farther w/o having to fill up.
I think I'm going to put some 5.38's in it (4.3 are stock) this will put me about 10% lower than stock with the 33's vs 10% higher than stock presently.
Hey Mike, you might want to change your sig. :D