Nice vid! Do you have a route map? What time of year did you do it?
Thank you! Below is just a quick outline of the general route we took between Aug. 23rd - Sept. 2nd.
It is nice to see something other than Jeeps in a film and Monteros are quite capable of performing as a mild overlander. I believe the rear ring gear is 9 or 9.5" in diameter. They are stout.
Thanks and I agree! We have noticed there is almost zero quality Montero/Pajero content available.
I know "mild" is a subjective term so it depends on what perspective you're coming from, but there is a group of guys in AZ and CA that have completed the Rubicon in Monteros of every type in the annual Sierra Challenge. I personally can't speak highly enough of them as being very capable. They just take a little bit of tribal knowledge to maintain long-term like any 20-year old 4x4, but like you said they are rock solid.
All of these that we have are equipped with the 9.5" differential in the rear and a selectable 2-speed transfer case with viscous coupling with lock-out like an LC80, but with available 2H, 4H (which behaves like AWD), 4H-lc (locked center), and 4L-lc (locked-center.) The later-model Gen 3's (silver ones) have IRS with 100mm CV's and a trick traction control system that behaves like Toyota's ATRAC [You can see this working when the silver one lifts a wheel in the video.] The blue one is mine and it has a semi-floating 3-link solid-axle in the rear with a chromoly panhard bar and a factory selectable rear air locker. It's been up the 675-mile CO BDR, practically every mountain pass in Colorado aside from Tincup and Tomici, and through the backcountry of six other states in the last 2-years.
Excellent video. Very well edited.
Thank you!
Good production value, I thoroughly enjoyed it. More to come...?
Thanks! Yes, we are headed to the Ozarks in two-weeks and will share something similar on our channel afterward.
