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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: lucszuk on March 16, 2004, 08:58:02 AM
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i had never ever even tried my rti on a ramp and expected to get practicaly no where i went halfway up and stopped expecting my samm to be maxed and my friends just yell keep going u idiot i ended up maxing it ouy and i could have keep going i never noyiced i had that much flex since i didnt build my sammi for rocks.
(ps my susupsensions is: 6 inch spoa 3 inch old man emu spreing shackle reversal 3 inch body lift with 35's)
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Pictures man, Pictures! The world needs your pictures!
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hey whats an RTI ramp? i know it is for articulation so asssume its like a wedge shaped thing..but why is it called an RTI ramp?
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hey whats an RTI ramp? i know it is for articulation so asssume its like a wedge shaped thing..but why is it called an RTI ramp?
Ramp Travel Index. It's a measurement percentage of the wheelbase vs the up travel of the tires on the ramp/ground before one tire comes off the ground. If you travel 1/4 up to the wb, you are 25%. If you climb all the way up, you reached 100%. If you have to approach the ramp at an angle so that your rear tire doesn't climb the ramp, you've better than 100%, numbers of 1050, 1100, 1150, etc. It's still a percentage but represented as a whole number.
23 degrees was the initial fame in the 90's. Now there are trucks maxing this out easily, so 25 degrees was next and since it wasn't a drastic change in degrees, easily conquered. Now the theme is 30 degrees.
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ah i c..thank you for that really really good explination
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there was no cameras around , i didnt expect to be doing it i was drivinf down portage and there was a car show with a jeep like half way up so i decided i should go show him up (or a least try with my 2000 dollar rig) and ya just did and they guy was all like ya well mine has no rust and stuff
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i have just realised i have NO pics of my rig after i built it.. olnly stock and a couple of my lj 80 in mud
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hey whats an RTI ramp? i know it is for articulation so asssume its like a wedge shaped thing..but why is it called an RTI ramp?
Here's one
(http://izook.com/features/godzuki2/images/rampr3.jpg)
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This was at a Toys for Tots drive before Christmas.
(http://www.imageshack.us/img2/4559/GnewtOnRamp.jpg)
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Ramp Travel Index. It's a measurement percentage of the wheelbase vs the up travel of the tires on the ramp/ground before one tire comes off the ground. If you travel 1/4 up to the wb, you are 25%. If you climb all the way up, you reached 100%. If you have to approach the ramp at an angle so that your rear tire doesn't climb the ramp, you've better than 100%, numbers of 1050, 1100, 1150, etc. It's still a percentage but represented as a whole number.
23 degrees was the initial fame in the 90's. Now there are trucks maxing this out easily, so 25 degrees was next and since it wasn't a drastic change in degrees, easily conquered. Now the theme is 30 degrees.
Well, not exactly.
RTI is bases comes not from th distance in inches or feet you travel up the ramp, but rather it is based on the wheelbase of the truck. A 1000 score is based on traveling up the ramp the same distance as the wheelbase.
If a Truck with a wheel base of 88" traveled 88" up the ramp before lifting a tire, that would be a perfect 1000 score. If the next truck had a wheelbase of 100", and maxed out a 88" on the ramp, it's score would be 880 RTI.
Here's the fomula:
Distance traveled in inches ÷ wheelbase in inches x 1000 = RTI
There are many different degree ramps, from anywhere from 20* to 35*. The more the * in the ramp, usually the lower you RTI score will be.
Ramping 1000 on a 20* is MUCH easier than on a 35*.
Hope this clears things up.
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is a 66? good for a tracker? That what i ramped at the Jambo.
Stu
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I've always heard that rather than distance UP the ramp, it's how high your tire is lifted in the air before another lifts off the ground..., with wheelbase taken into calculations
That way, scores are actually comparable regardless of the ramps degrees...
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Here's one
([url]http://izook.com/features/godzuki2/images/rampr3.jpg[/url])
thats what i thought it looked like..what wil a stocker do =) lol
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This was at a Toys for Tots drive before Christmas.
([url]http://www.imageshack.us/img2/4559/GnewtOnRamp.jpg[/url])
u lifted a tire tho....
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obvoiusoly it is maxed out then
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I didnt max it out but 1180 on a 23 degree ramp Aint bad for a trackick... Or a sami for that matter. ;)
These are old pics. Back when I had 31s. The suspension hasnt changed any in terms of travel though.
Mike
Oh yea... Pics!
http://www.rpm4x4.com/specs/mike-tracker-RTI.htm
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Thats with your rear axel rotated with the f150 shocks right?
I plan on doing that mod as soon as possible. Hopefully I'll be able to flex my truck as much as that.
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thats what i thought it looked like..what wil a stocker do =) lol
I believe that mine would do around a 550-600 bone stock.
Zig
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Thats with your rear axel rotated with the f150 shocks right?
I plan on doing that mod as soon as possible.  Hopefully I'll be able to flex my truck as much as that.
Definately do the axle rotation. It's worth every minute of work. It is AMAZING at the difference in rear wheel travel you can get out of it. Mine is much better and I'm still runnung the Calmini shocks. I had them new in a box when I decided to rotate the axle so I'm going to use them untill I blow one out.
Zig
Sorry no pics on the web of the new flex :P
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Thats with your rear axel rotated with the f150 shocks right?
I plan on doing that mod as soon as possible. Hopefully I'll be able to flex my truck as much as that.
Yep thats it. ;)