4×4 News
Romanian Extreme Adventure 2008 - The latest stage of the National Off Road Championship of Romania took place at the beginning of this month at Buzau, in the heart of the country. For a period of seven days straight auto, moto, ATVs and Side-by-Sides competed in both Open and Extreme classes in another very long, demanding but rewarding off road competitions around.
Roll Over and the Center of Gravity - The traditional Jeep has a short wheelbase. Being short and light weight means that it is easy to take to places that are narrow - and a Jeep is not easily high-centered. Unfortunately the short wheelbase makes the vehicle unstable in high speed off-roading. Even taking on small obstacles can result in a bad driving rhythm. Driving steep slopes either up or down can result in a rollover backwards or forwards.
Rick's CJ-3B Jeep Home made 100% Fiberglass body 5'' longer 4'' wider the a stock 3B, 2''x4'' box frame, 302ci, C-6, NP-205, ford 9'' front and back with locker's and disc brakes, 5.43's, 35 spline axles, 4 link with coil's up front, 3 link with coil's in the rear, 2'' six point roll bar, 9000i winch, 35'' BFG's.
by Roy Blackwood (Glovertown Nl Canada) I have a Ram 1500 4×4, I’m using 3.9 gears and have 315/75/16 tires. Thats about 13″ total width,which I have on a 8″ wide rim I’m wondering what is to be gained by going to a 10″ or 12″ wide rim? I went with a narrow rim […]
During this difficult time of closed high-land roads I spent a day driving around Reykjavik city. The idea is to show you a sample of some of the trucks you can see on the road used for daily driving.
Responsible Driving - Off road magazines tend to publish a large number of articles depicting the pleasure and adventure contained in owning and driving a 4x4 vehicle, in the environment its supposed to be driven off the tarmac. But what about the less pleasant times, when ones entertainment affects the others well being?
by Thrandur Here is calendar for 2009 RC Formula Off Road Cup: 2009 – Updated Rc Formula Offroad calendar: 16.5.2009 Rc-Foff Finland Cup GP 1, Kangasala 6.6.2009 Rc-Foff Finland Cup GP 2, Säkylä 7.6.2009 Rc-Foff Finland Cup GP 3, Säkylä 13.6.2009 RC Formula Offroad Show Day 1, Stjaer, Denmark 14.6.2009 RC Formula Offroad Show Day […]
by Samu Sarka (www.rc-foff.net) RC Formula Offroad Events 10.5.2008 Rc-Foff Finland Cup Comp 1 7.6.2008 Rc-Foff Finland Cup Comp 2 8.6.2008 Foff Cup Comp 1 5.7.2008 Rc-Foff Finland Cup Comp 3 26.7.2008 Foff Cup Comp 2 16.8.2008 Rc Formula Offroad World Championships Day 1 17.8.2008 Rc Formula Offroad World Championships Day 2 30.8.2008 Rc-Foff […]
RC Formula Offroad Event In Finland RC Formula Offroad was born in the summer of 2005 in southern Finland. The very first competition was held in Tampere, Finland. In the wing of time, the sport has grown and grown. In this year there will be the first RC Formula Offroad World Championships.
by SnoopMaxx Photos from this weekends R/C Formula Offroad event here in Denmark http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z198/SnoopMaxx/Formula%20Offroad/ R/C Formula Offroad http://www.snoopmaxx.com/
RC Foff Finland Cup Comp 2 at Säkylä Rc-Foff Finland Cup is on the road again. Säkylä is in southern Finland. Nearby Turku. The weather was cloudy, but there wasn't any rain in the whole day. Street Class had only one driver today, and we decided to drop it from this race. So there were only four classes: Unlimited XL, Unlimited GP, Modified and Unlimited.
RC Formula Offroad - RC Formula Offroad was born in the summer of 2005 in southern Finland. The very first competition was held in Tampere, Finland. In the wing of time, the sport has grown and grown. In 2007 there was the first RC Formula Offroad World Championship.