But to run him of the road,first you have to catch him
I am pretty sure u will be able to source a rack to fit the r , I am not sure as to what brands that repco stock,but in my vast experiance the better the quality(read dollars) the better/safer the rack.I would look into Thule as my first choice then prorack and that's it.
speaking of Half cages,If I was to build a roll bar on the brumby would that constitute a half cage(or would I need to tie it thru to internal bar as well )
yeah it is easy to do and subbies do seem to love to lunch these( dont know why)
I would suggest having a wheel alignment after as well as u have to play around with the bits that adjust toe in( i measure and count turns but still it easy to make mistake)
funny you should say that
my fastest ever trip was a few years ago
it was on my day off
and it was in my first gen RX coupe
it was a chains required day
and it was a total of 12 minutes from the Junction ski shop to parked in the top car park putting on boots....
i drifted both hairpins and was losing traction from the second hair pin to the top.....
it was an awesome run and no up hill traffic to contend with.....
Chains on front
have not tried "rubber" chains but certainly don't hold much cop for them
the traditional "chain" are by far the best but saying that u need the "diamond" type AVOID the ladder type at all costs they are dangerous and can cause untold damage...
If u have rubber on your car that is wider than stock avoid chains as they can rub against the strut/brake lines and well u can lose your brakes....
DO NOT disconnect your ABS ever,learn to use it to your advantage
My Minibus is as said AWD and also ABS and I have never thought of disabling it in any way, goes back to gaining traction a turning wheel has traction a spinning/sliding does not
oh and further to my experiance at last add up i have done over 500,000 k/m on the ohakune mountain road.
I also do runs into the Tukino skifield in a 4wd bus (real 4wd as well rear diff lock and lever activated 4wd) with it fully chained and full of people(28) and usually at about 11pm in a snow storm I love it and dont stop smiling for days
Turoa is very very very steep in places , but yes brakes have to be used but not all the time,what gets my goat is the people who you follow down the road and their foot does not come of the brake for the whole 17k journey and you start to smell the brakes after the first 2k :)