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Old 10-16-2003, 09:52 AM
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how high can you go?

And how hard will the impact be when you land with leafsprings?
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Lets ask our local expert...Jim? Jim? Hey, airnissan, what do you think?

I wonder how many teeth that guy cracked when he landed?
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Whoa! Got any pics of the landing?
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That actually is a friend of mine. The damage that day was a serious headache, a broken engine wire and two bent front axle knuckels.
I sold him a new front axle for 500 bucks the next day.
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What exactly did he jump off of?
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Re: how high can you go?

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And how hard will the impact be when you land with leafsprings?
Sweet pic!
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looks like he launched up a ramp
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No ramp. Just two plateau's at different hights. About 5-6 feet. He just put it in third, hit the gas and never braked.
The head from his copilot had to be surgecaly removed from his ass because he wasn't wearing his seat belt. :pat:
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I saw mr. jim on an old thread here. His website is really cool, I wish he was a toyota guy! There is a video of him in the "greenwater run" section doing that jump.

who's awesome 4R is this??

There's a badarse red Taco too but the pic is too big to post here
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looks like me, same kind of truck too. witness said i was about 7'. that was one hell of a landing too. i will NEVER do anything like it again with a solid axle rig and negatively arched springs.
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Originally posted by FirstToy
I saw mr. jim on an old thread here. His website is really cool, I wish he was a toyota guy! There is a video of him in the "greenwater run" section doing that jump.

who's awesome 4R is this??

There's a badarse red Taco too but the pic is too big to post here
That 4Runner is "Gibby" on here. He's SAS and although he had some troubles on that run, it sounds like his rig is treating him well now.

The second photo in your lineup is "Wild Bill". A true crazy man.

Do a search on "airnissan.wmv" for video of that jump of Jim's as well as what he did for an encore on that run.

EDIT: Here's the video; http://www.jimbennett.net/THEAIRNISSAN.wmv, at least the beginning of it. He cut off the "encore"

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how high

isnt that second pic a pickup (seam between box and cab)
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Originally posted by WATRD


EDIT: Here's the video; http://www.jimbennett.net/THEAIRNISSAN.wmv, at least the beginning of it. He cut off the "encore"
I've got an old Pathfinder that my son drives now. It's been through hell and is still going. Those things are a lot more beefy underneath than my 4Runner. The rear axle looks heavier than the 8.8" ford in my 5.0L Mustang...
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For those enquiring minds. Here is Jim (Air Nissan's) encore.
Opps

and him going vertical
Going Vertical

And for the rest of the story
2002 Fall Color Run

I gotta tell ya that had to be the funniest run I've been on.
Damn crazy people. he he
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