Custom Sport Trac:
Testing the Suspension and Steering
You might as well ask: "Is it going to work?" and even "How good will this prove to be?"...
...These are of course the main questions.
Although the air setup is not finished it is possible to take the Sport Trac for some testing.
To experience the feel and answer those important question Oli and Kjartan took the Sport Trac out of the garage and found a little used rock-mine.
Unfortunately I couldn't make it with them this time. There will be more trips coming up using this truck. And I am sure you will be as impressed with the pictures as I am.
The looks are in my opinion much improved from the original. The ST stands tall on all tires and the balance between tire size and body size is just RIGHT.
This will change a bit when the fender flares are added...
Whole axle in front is easily visible from this angle.
Climbing up this rock is easy and all wheels are on the ground giving perfect traction.
It follows the terrain nicely...
...and the rear setup has even more travel.
FINAL RESULT is that everything works surprisingly good.
For steering it takes slightly more rounds to change from far right to far left than is customary today.
Suspension is extremely soft and as you can see - provides a LOT of clearance and travel.
VIDEO CLIP (10MB .MOV file)
Olafur Kjartansson (Oli) and Kjartan Olafsson took all the pictures.
