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Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:04 am
by XJ Junkie
Hennessy have been at it again. This time they’ve taken the Gladiator name & changed it to Maximus.
But some notable stuff includes the 6.2 Supercharged Hellcat motor, making around 750 kw & 1265 Nm.
It’s also got a 6 inch lift & 20 inch wheels. Sadly they lost the plot with the BFG tyres but with 1000hp they are not likely to last very long anyway.
http://hennesseyperformance.com/henness ... gladiator/
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 6:53 am
by Mike Nel
Sometimes I wish my dad’s name was Hennessey
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:04 am
by KurtG
Ah, BFG: The choice of discerning geniuses all over the world [emoji1303]
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 9:12 am
by BushWacker
KurtG wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:04 am
Ah, BFG: The choice of discerning geniuses all over the world [emoji1303]
I recently got a sidewall cut
on a middle-aged/worn GY-Wrangler
and replaced it with a BFG at about 25%
higher cost
...
BFG and GYW are gen my tryres of choice
and tyre garage folk , managers and fitters alike, generally deem BFG to be superior
esp wrt sidewall strength.
Ive often wondered if BFG just pay
a higher/better commission pay-back
on sales than other brands but ...
I have also found BFG to have the edge.
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:34 am
by Apocalypse
It's very very nice.
It's amazing how organised the yanks are. this is available as a conversion as the stock vehicles hit the floor. They'll have sold LOTS already.
Incidentally - when converting from hp and ft lbs to kW and N.m the approximate value for both is 1,35 -
kW is hp/1,35
Nm is ft.lbs * 1,35
I see you edited it!
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:22 am
by XJ Junkie
BushWacker wrote:
and tyre garage folk , managers and fitters alike, generally deem BFG to be superior
I have also found BFG to have the edge.
Garage folk & fitters don’t all go offroad so their ignorance could be excused.
BFG are consistently outperformed by much cheaper tyres.
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 12:55 pm
by KurtG
BFG is awesome
Flex is overrated
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 1:19 pm
by XJ Junkie
Best use for BFG
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 1:19 pm
by BushWacker
XJ Junkie wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:22 am
BushWacker wrote:
and tyre garage folk , managers and fitters alike, generally deem BFG to be superior
I have also found BFG to have the edge.
Garage folk & fitters don’t all go offroad so their ignorance could be excused.
BFG are consistently outperformed by much cheaper tyres.
... last sentence tends to go against
what one finds in this world ... !!!
... but ... tell me more !
Dunlop ? Kumho ? Continental ?
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 1:30 pm
by XJ Junkie
BushWacker wrote:XJ Junkie wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:22 am
BushWacker wrote:
BFG are consistently outperformed by much cheaper tyres.
... last sentence tends to go against
what one finds in this world ... !!!
... but ... tell me more !
Dunlop ? Kumho ? Continental ?
Here you go. For easy reference just scroll down to 2nd last
https://www.leisurewheels.co.za/blogs/1 ... es-tested/
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 1:44 pm
by KurtG
Oh ....... so Neil’s benchmark for a good off-road tyre is that it is good on-road.
Makes sense
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:03 pm
by BushWacker
XJ Junkie wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 1:30 pm
... been a couple of other ‘independent’
ratings over the last 7 years
and most of them have GYW, BFG, Perelli
and 1 or 2 others in top drawer.
... as for Continental with their cracking:
plain flippen dangerous !!!
and
Dunlop etc > BFG !!!
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:24 pm
by XJ Junkie
Please post links to the ‘other tests’
I’ve had 2 MT makes that outbrake BFG AT on wet tar. Which is a good measurement of how terrible they are as a supposed all terrain. They should rename them as No Terrain
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:28 pm
by KurtG
BFG are really terrible on wet tar, that is certain and cannot be ignored. Makes it fun though during a rain storm [emoji28][emoji51]
Re: Badassery on 4-wheels
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:05 pm
by BushWacker
XJ Junkie wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:24 pm
Please post links to the ‘other tests’
I’ve had 2 MT makes that outbrake BFG AT on wet tar. Which is a good measurement of how terrible they are as a supposed all terrain. They should rename them as No Terrain
... well you should read your post No 6 ... :
“ Garage folk & fitters don’t all go offroad so their ignorance could be excused. “
... but will send you a couple of
contemporary ratings ...
( guess you HAD to go back 7 yrs
to find that one )
...