Dodge Long Travel Experience
The entire Carli Crew met up at our second home, Campo Cuatro Casas in Bahia Colonet, on Saturday night with a whole slue of new digs on our trucks. New shock tunes, setups and hardware finally meet Mexico's biggest bumps. Everyone's rig is riding sweeter than it was before and more capable when it's time to get serious. We're more than comfortable zipping around the Pacific side of Baja, especially around the Casa, and the festivities quickly turned into a circus of whoops, corners and airtime. One thing stood apart from everything else, the new long travel spring pack, shackles and enough shock to deliver 17" of travel while hidden under the bed.
Here's a shot of Mike's truck with the completed setup with a true 17" of rear wheel travel.
In typical Carli detail, the rear end is dialed with a new chromoly crossmember that's fully plated and dimple died for even more strength.
Of course this means longer shocks and the first setup went on a Bilstein 2.65 setup and this wasn't done until a custom, 4-tube bypass layout was added and Blackhawk reservoirs.
After the installation and a couple of tuning trips to the dirt, Mike got to show us what this project can do. Amazed was my first reaction... With a tuned up CTD backed up with some billet ATS goodies, the truck can power through twice as much bump and the control the shocks deliver inspires confidence.
The bar has been raised, or in this case lowered, by slapping on another 6.5" of droop. Score another ringer for the Carli team, this is something that you instantly want, after you feel it.
Can't wait to see who's truck goes next.
Here's a shot of Mike's truck with the completed setup with a true 17" of rear wheel travel.
In typical Carli detail, the rear end is dialed with a new chromoly crossmember that's fully plated and dimple died for even more strength.
Of course this means longer shocks and the first setup went on a Bilstein 2.65 setup and this wasn't done until a custom, 4-tube bypass layout was added and Blackhawk reservoirs.
After the installation and a couple of tuning trips to the dirt, Mike got to show us what this project can do. Amazed was my first reaction... With a tuned up CTD backed up with some billet ATS goodies, the truck can power through twice as much bump and the control the shocks deliver inspires confidence.
The bar has been raised, or in this case lowered, by slapping on another 6.5" of droop. Score another ringer for the Carli team, this is something that you instantly want, after you feel it.
Can't wait to see who's truck goes next.
posted by Prozac at
10:50 AM
