View Full Version : Hmmmm......ideas....ideas...
JAMAS
11/03/2009, 09:36 AM
http://gizmodo.com/5396098/you-wont-need-chairlifts-with-the-fastest-snow-car-in-the-world
pbkid
11/03/2009, 10:53 AM
i actually have always thought that a VX with snow-trax would be amazing...
i talked to a guy about em one time, until i heard the price-tag, then i stopped dreaming
handeeman
11/03/2009, 11:21 AM
I love it, would be something on a VX, but I bet it would take factory money to actually pull it off.  Plus I don't need the sno-cat stuff here in Florida unless we switch to Global Cooling.  I haven't even been able to afford Moab yet and you guys want me to imagine a sno-cat VX.  Oh well it's nice to dream.....
Awwww Yehhhhh...it's been kicked around a time or two...:smilewink
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/10755/ppuser/1293
crotchrocket
11/04/2009, 01:31 AM
That is SWEEEEEET "!!!!!!  i'm amazed that the trax are able to cope with the speed.  I still dont know how they stay flat ????  and dont rotate (if you know what i mean?? )
Riff Raff
11/04/2009, 01:48 AM
Way cool video.   I get a feeling the Trax don't like bare pavement, because of the way he slowed way down on the bare pavement portion and in garage.   Like CrotchRocket mentioned, I too was amazed of how they handled the sideways torque in the corners without derailing.   Still; on a 100% snowy environment, it would be fun (until you hit a snow-covered hidden tree stump; ouch).   Although, it looks very expensive $$$$$.
WormGod
11/04/2009, 07:51 AM
Ken Block never fails to amuse me. Kinda cool seeing what the trax would look like on my STi though. ;)
MSHardeman
11/04/2009, 07:52 AM
I'm sure that there are other manufacturers, but I think Mattracks has been around for a while. I have no idea how they keep the tracks from spinning around, but they've apparently worked it all out.
http://www.mattracks.com/html/88_series_model.htm
If you notice they don't list prices anywhere.  I guess it's the old saying: If you have to ask you can't afford it."  I've heard estimates that go from $10k to $14k a set.
pbkid
11/04/2009, 11:32 AM
I've heard estimates that go from $10k to $14k a set.
:yesgray:
and they have additional support bars that go to the bottom 2 sides of the triangle to keep them down....with their own suspension.
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