Chevy Tracker Offroad Testing

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • Today we had some fun with the Tracker after welding the rear diff. We took it on a couple fairly easy trails to see what it could do in preparation for some harder trails. I'm starting to think this would be a good candidate for a V8....
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Комментарии • 85

  • @christopherthompson4359
    @christopherthompson4359 Месяц назад +5

    Gotta love taking the beater out and thrashing it. Anymore i like these kind of videos more than seeing the highly modded vehicles. Usually seems like a lot more smiles and laughs this way.

  • @korygarwasiuk4341
    @korygarwasiuk4341 Месяц назад +4

    Love it!
    Especially casually driving over the muffler!!🤣

  • @Buzz420
    @Buzz420 Месяц назад +7

    Bruce Cooks exhaust shop moto is
    "If you have it, we'll delete it" 😂 this durability test is epic. Tom was driving like he stole it at 1st

  • @CounterproductiveproductionDIY
    @CounterproductiveproductionDIY Месяц назад +5

    This is a lot of fun. Gets the wheels turning. $500. Beater, take it up in the woods. Thank you for sharing!!!👍

    • @invisibilianone6288
      @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +1

      Remember to pick up all your pieces, after playing🎯😂😂😂

  • @donaldhalls2189
    @donaldhalls2189 Месяц назад +3

    Looked like a great weekend, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

  • @dirtydave4351
    @dirtydave4351 Месяц назад +6

    Always fun to watch. Thanks guys.

  • @SaltAirLiving
    @SaltAirLiving Месяц назад +5

    I liked the custom exhaust work you did. 👍

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад +6

      My specialty 🤣

    • @invisibilianone6288
      @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +2

      Very quick and efficient removal🎯😁
      Also, the muffler can be used as an emergency wheel chock😁

  • @UncleJunkyardwheeling
    @UncleJunkyardwheeling Месяц назад +2

    Good ol microwave tower trail! That thing did great aside from the engine issues.

  • @invisibilianone6288
    @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +2

    13:46
    Intuitive deployment of log traversing traction device😁

  • @DennyOfTheAlpine
    @DennyOfTheAlpine Месяц назад +3

    7:16 the zoom in on Tom getting rocked!…. 😂

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад +2

      I feel like there’s a lot more of those to come

    • @DennyOfTheAlpine
      @DennyOfTheAlpine Месяц назад +2

      @@BruceCookfmx I feel like one of them might not go to plan, but what do I know, I’m looking at a stapler right now, like a chump.

    • @invisibilianone6288
      @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад

      @@DennyOfTheAlpine a stapler?
      .
      Are you putting the centerfolds back where you found them?⚡😁☕

    • @DennyOfTheAlpine
      @DennyOfTheAlpine Месяц назад +1

      @@invisibilianone6288 I work a regular job as well. With way too much corporate bs, like staplers.

    • @invisibilianone6288
      @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +1

      @@DennyOfTheAlpine way back, in 1974, if I remember correctly, my Dad was sitting in his big, overstuffed, swivel rocking chair, watching the evening news.
      He suddenly burst out laughing, as he heard the news story about a guy who attempted to rob a bank, with a staplegun.
      Dad was laughing so hard, he and his chair went over backwards😂

  • @invisibilianone6288
    @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +2

    That squeak is its mating call😁☕

  • @dennisvandermarkt8263
    @dennisvandermarkt8263 Месяц назад +3

    It's Bruce, also it's Bruce !! Hope your still getting rain and not fire

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад +1

      🤣🤣
      Very dry but we’ve been lucky in central Okanagan so far

  • @laytonb7
    @laytonb7 Месяц назад +3

    so you put this Tracker on Tracks for winter recoveries and you have a receipt for replacing the void left by Casey LeDelle … K24 swap it and do a burn out on tracks you will break the internet !!!
    Also: Tread Lightly folks!

  • @invisibilianone6288
    @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +2

    I think we need to start a glove fund, for Denny or at least a couple of good sticks, for handling "recently in use" exhaust items ejected during the automatic parts shedding, quick weight loss & ground clearance increaser mode.
    🔥😎☕

  • @KrazyMitchAdventures
    @KrazyMitchAdventures Месяц назад +2

    26:41 I have done a lot of things with my Suzuki Grand Vitara & 6 cyl Chevy Tracker, without a welded / locked rear end. They are very capable machines.

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад +3

      I love it!

    • @invisibilianone6288
      @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +2

      Bolt on old wheel rims, to outside of factory wheels/tires to utilize as self-recovery winch.
      You'll be able to tackle any off-road shituation😁☕

  • @drmarkintexas-400
    @drmarkintexas-400 Месяц назад +3

    😎🏆💪🙏
    Thank you for sharing this

  • @Grayhook1
    @Grayhook1 Месяц назад +3

    Drop the muffler, add horsepower. I like the mosquito control too. Amazed you couldn’t tip it over (and no, that’s not a dare😂😂)

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад +1

      It went really steep! 🤣 camera never shows how steep things are 🙄

  • @ScooterJGarage
    @ScooterJGarage Месяц назад

    Have built a bunch of those, they are so much fun! 3" junkyard lift, 31" tires ans and send it. My first was just a joke experiment and it blew my mind how tough ams capable it was. Now I have a Built XL-7 with air Lockers. Its a beast.

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад

      Great platform! Love that the frame is so flat and square 👌🏻 would be so easy to flat belly one

  • @cindiheslin6782
    @cindiheslin6782 Месяц назад +2

    Purring and squeaking on almost all cylinders, excellent vehicle.

  • @ebeiwnaneek
    @ebeiwnaneek Месяц назад +1

    A few years ago, I tried to hit as many of those lakes as I could. I think I got 9 in 4 hours. You n Denny should make a little lake tally challenge video 🤙🏻🤙🏻

    • @DennyOfTheAlpine
      @DennyOfTheAlpine Месяц назад +1

      @@ebeiwnaneek crazy, we’ve already talked about that. I never made a video of my, day of lakes. We definitely will.

  • @invisibilianone6288
    @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +1

    10:19 Bruce sending smoke signals to Denny😝

  • @TrailTime.
    @TrailTime. Месяц назад +1

    The good old Lincoln locker, the locker that I can afford to install

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад +1

      Was mentally taxing though! 🤣

    • @TrailTime.
      @TrailTime. Месяц назад

      Some would say that’s more expensive!

  • @Gerry-K
    @Gerry-K Месяц назад

    Great video Bruce! Love how you guys giggle when doing crazy shit! I hope to see this little Suzi in more video's. Stay Safe!

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад +1

      Some of our biggest best laughs have come from dumb shit 🤣

  • @bkrgi
    @bkrgi Месяц назад +6

    Need a thousand $ $hit Box challenge of follow the leader

    • @DennyOfTheAlpine
      @DennyOfTheAlpine Месяц назад +3

      It’s so hard to find them these days. The slow economy has people fixing what they wouldn’t have before.

    • @invisibilianone6288
      @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +1

      @@DennyOfTheAlpine I can find them, I just can't afford them....yet😁☕

  • @robertejohnsonii8508
    @robertejohnsonii8508 Месяц назад +1

    If the guy on the uphill side doesn't have to open the door and hang out, it's good to go.

  • @invisibilianone6288
    @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +3

    13:42 wait,, that's the farting order for a 4cyl..😶 No, it's a 6cyl..."Yeah, , , it only uses 4 cylinders now"⚡⚡⚡⚡😂
    As Bruce hits the "SUPER TURBO POWER QUADRUPLER" button.
    That little 3&3/4 cylinder Tracker engine has so much power, Denny and his Jeep were caught in the energy vortex. 🌪😝

  • @michaelblankenship548
    @michaelblankenship548 Месяц назад +4

    Driving with windows down is absolutely necessary so as not to asphyxiate yourselves. I'm wondering how much of the undercarriage will end up in the rear hatch before it's over. If you're not ripping out the fender liners, you're not doing it right.

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад

      The back was getting pretty full 🤣🤣

  • @invisibilianone6288
    @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +1

    12:44
    " How to efficiently remove the muffler ( not needed) and tailpipe ( not needed) as an assembly"
    🎯😀☕

  • @invisibilianone6288
    @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +3

    That has SLOW range, it just drops another cylinder🔥😂☕

  • @heltratt6363
    @heltratt6363 Месяц назад

    Now the car sounds much more Bruce-ish ! 😂😂

  • @invisibilianone6288
    @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +4

    Did you say trophy truck? Or Tofu truck?
    😁☕

  • @inkedshruger
    @inkedshruger Месяц назад +3

    Isn’t there a fire ban on in all of bc right now? There was a campfire burning at the beach. I hope those friends were reminded of their error and that fire was put out.

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад +3

      There is, although this was July 2nd when there wasn’t. We would absolutely be putting that fire out one way or another if it was now 😊

    • @inkedshruger
      @inkedshruger Месяц назад +2

      @@BruceCookfmx awesome! Thank you for letting me know. ✨🖤🌲🏔️

  • @johnnardino3452
    @johnnardino3452 Месяц назад +1

    I cant be leave the rear lock weld held .🤪

  • @davidking3699
    @davidking3699 Месяц назад +2

    5 cylinders will get better fuel economy than 6, right...? I'm sure there is a long list of improvements to be done to get it ready for the Baja 1000...

    • @invisibilianone6288
      @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +1

      The 6th cylinder can be used as an air compressor, if you have the right type of check valve.😁

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад +2

      🤣🤣👌🏻

  • @cassiebell1483
    @cassiebell1483 Месяц назад

    Running rich/mosquito fumigation 🤷‍♀️
    "But here we are" 😆

  • @lgreen4479
    @lgreen4479 Месяц назад +4

    Easy way to get rid of unnecessary car parts.😂

  • @RabbiJesus
    @RabbiJesus Месяц назад +1

    What’s in your lunchbox? *hands you sludgy oil with metal frags*

  • @LawlessOffroadAdventures
    @LawlessOffroadAdventures Месяц назад

    So much more fun driving a slow car fast than it is driving a fast car slow 😅

  • @shawnbuckendahl1968
    @shawnbuckendahl1968 Месяц назад +1

    To eliminate that belt squeal, just spray some WD40 on it. Guaranteed to not squeal.
    0.833 is good in baseball. Gotta be good for an engine.

  • @gcKukie
    @gcKukie Месяц назад +3

    it sounds better without the muffler

  • @davedyck3982
    @davedyck3982 Месяц назад +1

    I think she smokes less when the driver side's high. 😂

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад +1

      Doesn’t like front down much either 😅

  • @kevbev1524
    @kevbev1524 Месяц назад

    A tracker would be nice,
    But I like an older RAV4.

  • @invisibilianone6288
    @invisibilianone6288 Месяц назад +1

    Sounds like a 3&1/2 cylinder diesel😀☕

  • @pumpthebrakess
    @pumpthebrakess Месяц назад

    Pffft....aint a Hemi that's for sure. That's our back yard!!

  • @PK15306
    @PK15306 Месяц назад +3

    How'd that happen?😂😂😂

  • @jerrodklettke3764
    @jerrodklettke3764 Месяц назад

    5cylinder tracker is pretty cool but does it have "quadratrac II"?

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад

      Doesn’t even have quadratrac 1 😪

  • @dhbikerczar
    @dhbikerczar Месяц назад +1

    Weight loss on the shit box.

  • @SamIam420
    @SamIam420 Месяц назад

    Do you rig every vehicle that you drive? Cause you don't have the use of all of your appendages?

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад

      Temporary hand controls. Easy peasy

  • @Hurrican72
    @Hurrican72 Месяц назад +1

    V8 and axles swap.

    • @BruceCookfmx
      @BruceCookfmx  Месяц назад

      You know… I’m thinking at least v8. May be a 2wd hot rod though

  • @CurtisWilliams-ph8wl
    @CurtisWilliams-ph8wl Месяц назад +1

    You must not have animals in your forest.