i have falcon Au wagon 2002 model, 6 cylender LPG & petrol. lots of people come to me on car parks, to chat and ask about my car, and compliment me for having falcon. i bought my falcon due to its back cabin size and power. but over time people being interested in it, even my brother and friends offer me to sell them. due to such amount of attention i kinda love being falcon owner hehehe from reliability point of u, i did some maintenance myself , pretty easy to maintain, easy to order parts on ebay, and car is heavy as fuck, solid steel parts i think. it has over 450k mileage still runs without issues. a taxi driver on car parks told me, he once used to drive falcon for 13cabs many years ago, crossed 1000k was still strong. 13 cab taxi company in melbourne has still some of them in service left from 2002 he said.
Foresters on a lift with the right tires are very capable off-road, you don't need to spend big money to get something that can handle itself in rough terrain, you just need big money to spend on the head gasket when it fails
Nice work guys, great vid! Just linked your page to a 4wd page to show what 2wds are capable of when one know what ones doing. Keep up great vids with the narrating..great job.👍
@@underdogoffroad9847 No probs! I see that you guys do a bit of adventuring in more of a professional type level (meaning are properly prepaired not like all the weekend worriors making vids lately) and notice using uhf radios? Check out one of our fb pages, Aussie 4x4 CB am/ssb users as it explains about fitting an am/ssb as a backup CB as youd be aware of the uhfs limited 5w piss weak 3km range. As you guys would adventure further out than the others, might be worth your while fitting even a $50 'AM' Cb to give you 30-40km as after 'overrange' with the uhf, no mobile signal...the AM Cb may then be your lifeline.. We usually only inform 4x4 and adventuring guys like yourselves to keep the yobbos and swearing crap off our airwaves. Cheers.👍
@@theozBandit Thanks! We try to get to remote places in a safe civilised manor. Not interested mindless yobbos thrashing gear . In terms of comms, we have UHFs, I have a phone booster and Chris has a Satellite phone. Those ssb radios look like they’d come in handy for even basic things like a group getting split up or guiding people into a meet up spot on the first night. Might have to get one before the next big trip. Cheers!
@@underdogoffroad9847 no probs, I thought that youd have other coms like Sat phones etc as you guys got it all together 👍 Not sure if aware as many dont realise but the AM cbs are the two ways everyone used before all going to uhf and turning it into the crap is now. We still have uhfs but they sit on scan and we use the AM CBs cause they just go way further and all the users use the coms with resepect. You can either buy cheap 2nd hand AM only cb for as little as $20, or pay a bit more for a quality unit as a Uniden AX144 for around $60, it is also a ssb cb so you can press a button (turns power up to 15w+ and totally legal) and talk up to others 70km away or even at night talk to others over 8000kms away and all over the world as we do when camping out in outback due to our clear skys! We recently had a convo with a group of 19 x 4x4ers in Canada on a exploring trip, all set up camp in snow at -18... while we were sitting round a fire at Mt Augustus 28 degrees! Now that would been awesome content for your channel! 😊 Alot of the others in group have splashed out couple hundred and gone for the new digital Uniden 980 am/ssb CB and have spoken to others on a highway straight in WA north 89kms away....making uhf look rediculous! Anyway, just wanted to pass on as much info as possible as you guys are exactly type guys we love to talk to on the Cb when out. Will gladly be spreading the word about your channel and same on FB...so no doubt will chat again. Cheers
Really enjoying the videos. Could you maybe do walkthrough videos of the different vehicles sometime to show what modifications are out there for Adventras, Falcons and Foresters?
Great job.. Im amazed where you took the falcon.. I wont show the Mrs, as she will hassle me about all the stuff I tell her I need, to get to these places in the 4x4.. :)
Thanks, this was early January. There were a few dry salt lake sections between Israelite Bay and the cliffs that will turn muddy in winter to make things more challenging.
Yeah aussie cars were made and tested beyond city use . People from the 70's expected more than stupidly low sporty looking cars , pointless anyway with our rediculous money oriented speed limits. Ground clearance an lsd , tyre pressure and nouse , love it!
Bugga me; you're a breath of flesh air after all the 4x4 modification marketing bs about all the **** we seemingly "have to have" to drive off the bitumen these days. You are doing ; but doing more, and better than I did 30-40 years ago in standard holden utes and wagons (and a FX wagon (??) . Found your "stick that in ya pipe and smoke it" videos while searching ideas to go back to a 2wd bush road vehicle . Clearance IMO is the more important factor .. Am finding your audio a bit (like a lot ;)) rough so I likely missed a few bits . Diff locks and ratio ? Could you explain that a little more please ? Also wheel size? Auto better than manual in your opinion ? Ever thought about a suspension lift ? Apart from the falcon; any suggestion for other vehicles to consider . "Very educational" is how I would describe your eye opening videos . We only need to look at the cars used after the horse and buggy days and where they actually went to realise a 2wd car can a long way off road when just a little common sense used . Thank you muchly :)
Thanks for the great feedback! We will focus on our audio a bit more... It is sad we have moved away from the standard Holden/Ford for everything days and become so dependent on having all of the gear. I have found the tracks are still very 2wd friendly the further you get from civilisation and the people are more positive towards the attitudes on vehicle choice. Clearance is the big one. Older road cars had so much more standard. We have found all the cars in our videos car get to where we need with the current clearance. Plus I like the low centre of gravity and not drawing too much attention on road. White wagon has standard diff ratio and gold wagon has upgraded 4.11 diff ratio which makes car torquier at low speed and easier to crawl over rocks. But car does rev higher on highway. Red car has even lower 4.44 ratio which helps further. Diff locks we found more helpful then 4wd on chewed up tracks where you can lift wheels. 29” tyres are sufficient on 2wds for what we do and 27” tyres on the awds. All on 15” rims as the smallest rims we can fit. We try to keep it informative as I feel that the knowledge is being lost as people rely on gear to get them through.
As for auto vs manual- greatly depends on the vehicle, but in most modern case I would say the auto wins. For vehicles without lose range, such as Falcons, you definitely want auto as the gearing isn’t good enough to crawl over rocks without giving the clutch a hard time. Subarus on the other hand run completely different awd systems on autos and manuals. I prefer the way the manual system is better and has more upgrades so I believe a modified manual is best. For stock Subaru gearbox I would probably say auto.
@@underdogoffroad9847 Thanks the feed back -- very helpful food for thought as I ponder the move back --- sorry; forward . Are there any ''off road 2wd'' facebook groups you know of --- or start such a group ;)
@@ianbrowne9304 2wd and AWD Off Road Adventures Straya is a good community of similar vehicles. There is also Off-road Falcon Club which is Falcon specific. Safari All of the Cars has interesting builds but more over the top
People needing 33s and a lift, 4wd triple locked and this guy just does it in a Falcon. I love it. I wish I knew more of WA to explore.
Love seeing the Falcon get into the rough stuff, way more interesting than seeing the usual 4wds decked out in brand name gear
Great video. Really shows your awesome skills instead of relying on 4x4 accessories.
The mighty AU FALCON 😁
Awesome guys ! Serious hats off to you 😃👍 that AU is sensational ! Keep these vids coming
That Falcon is so happy and at home off the pavement. Never saw one here in the states.
Abundant in Australia, but very few elsewhere...
You had them over there in the 60s
i have falcon Au wagon 2002 model, 6 cylender LPG & petrol. lots of people come to me on car parks, to chat and ask about my car, and compliment me for having falcon. i bought my falcon due to its back cabin size and power. but over time people being interested in it, even my brother and friends offer me to sell them. due to such amount of attention i kinda love being falcon owner hehehe
from reliability point of u, i did some maintenance myself , pretty easy to maintain, easy to order parts on ebay, and car is heavy as fuck, solid steel parts i think. it has over 450k mileage still runs without issues. a taxi driver on car parks told me, he once used to drive falcon for 13cabs many years ago, crossed 1000k was still strong. 13 cab taxi company in melbourne has still some of them in service left from 2002 he said.
Foresters on a lift with the right tires are very capable off-road, you don't need to spend big money to get something that can handle itself in rough terrain, you just need big money to spend on the head gasket when it fails
Nice work guys, great vid!
Just linked your page to a 4wd page to show what 2wds are capable of when one know what ones doing. Keep up great vids with the narrating..great job.👍
Appreciate the positive feedback, thanks!
@@underdogoffroad9847 No probs!
I see that you guys do a bit of adventuring in more of a professional type level (meaning are properly prepaired not like all the weekend worriors making vids lately) and notice using uhf radios? Check out one of our fb pages, Aussie 4x4 CB am/ssb users as it explains about fitting an am/ssb as a backup CB as youd be aware of the uhfs limited 5w piss weak 3km range. As you guys would adventure further out than the others, might be worth your while fitting even a $50 'AM' Cb to give you 30-40km as after 'overrange' with the uhf, no mobile signal...the AM Cb may then be your lifeline.. We usually only inform 4x4 and adventuring guys like yourselves to keep the yobbos and swearing crap off our airwaves. Cheers.👍
@@theozBandit Thanks! We try to get to remote places in a safe civilised manor. Not interested mindless yobbos thrashing gear . In terms of comms, we have UHFs, I have a phone booster and Chris has a Satellite phone. Those ssb radios look like they’d come in handy for even basic things like a group getting split up or guiding people into a meet up spot on the first night. Might have to get one before the next big trip. Cheers!
@@underdogoffroad9847 no probs, I thought that youd have other coms like Sat phones etc as you guys got it all together 👍
Not sure if aware as many dont realise but the AM cbs are the two ways everyone used before all going to uhf and turning it into the crap is now. We still have uhfs but they sit on scan and we use the AM CBs cause they just go way further and all the users use the coms with resepect.
You can either buy cheap 2nd hand AM only cb for as little as $20, or pay a bit more for a quality unit as a Uniden AX144 for around $60, it is also a ssb cb so you can press a button (turns power up to 15w+ and totally legal) and talk up to others 70km away or even at night talk to others over 8000kms away and all over the world as we do when camping out in outback due to our clear skys! We recently had a convo with a group of 19 x 4x4ers in Canada on a exploring trip, all set up camp in snow at -18... while we were sitting round a fire at Mt Augustus 28 degrees! Now that would been awesome content for your channel! 😊 Alot of the others in group have splashed out couple hundred and gone for the new digital Uniden 980 am/ssb CB and have spoken to others on a highway straight in WA north 89kms away....making uhf look rediculous!
Anyway, just wanted to pass on as much info as possible as you guys are exactly type guys we love to talk to on the Cb when out.
Will gladly be spreading the word about your channel and same on FB...so no doubt will chat again.
Cheers
That is awesome! I appreciate the information!
Great driving sub you love it mate
2wd 24/7
Just came across your vids . Great views great cars . Thanks heaps.
Great video...amazing what the falcon can do..keep up the great work
Really enjoying the videos. Could you maybe do walkthrough videos of the different vehicles sometime to show what modifications are out there for Adventras, Falcons and Foresters?
Thanks for the feedback and good idea! Will do.
learnt all this the hard way
Great job.. Im amazed where you took the falcon.. I wont show the Mrs, as she will hassle me about all the stuff I tell her I need, to get to these places in the 4x4.. :)
That will be the end of the 4wd budget 🤣
Looks good but also looks like the Falcon needs fresh shocks haha
Awesome! Guessing you were at 10 psi. Timmy C Arizona
Would have been about 10psi. On softer beaches we can go down to 5psi, however I think you are spot on with 10psi on this trip.
@@underdogoffroad9847 didnt know i could go down that low will try thx
Id love to know what modifications he did to these falcons. Im thinking of doing the same with mine
Amazing tips and skills .. what are the tyres ?
235/75r15 BFG KO2s on the Falcon and 225/70r15 Michelin LTX on the Forester
is that white au from murray bridge
Western Australia, must be another one out there
Great video - what time of year did you do the trip? I’m doing similar in May
Thanks, this was early January. There were a few dry salt lake sections between Israelite Bay and the cliffs that will turn muddy in winter to make things more challenging.
Yeah aussie cars were made and tested beyond city use . People from the 70's expected more than stupidly low sporty looking cars , pointless anyway with our rediculous money oriented speed limits. Ground clearance an lsd , tyre pressure and nouse , love it!
I bet you've fitted a lokka to that.😄
Yeah factory Ford vacuum locker in the Falcon and ARB air locker in the Forester
@@underdogoffroad9847 The places we took 2wds years ago was crazy, it's becoming a lost art.
Where did you turn off the highway to this track ?
From Esperance, follow Fisheries Rd to Israelite Bay and then follow the track North East to the dunes and cliffs
Hey, does the au have the RTV dif lock?
Yes the AU has the RTV dif lock
Thank you, been following you on the group :)
This video would've been 10 time's better if the camera was in the Ford
"even if your vehicle isnt the most capable in the world"
he speaks for the subaru not the au falcon of course as we all know an au can do everything
Bugga me; you're a breath of flesh air after all the 4x4 modification marketing bs about all the **** we seemingly "have to have" to drive off the bitumen these days. You are doing ; but doing more, and better than I did 30-40 years ago in standard holden utes and wagons (and a FX wagon (??) .
Found your "stick that in ya pipe and smoke it" videos while searching ideas to go back to a 2wd bush road vehicle . Clearance IMO is the more important factor ..
Am finding your audio a bit (like a lot ;)) rough so I likely missed a few bits .
Diff locks and ratio ? Could you explain that a little more please ? Also wheel size?
Auto better than manual in your opinion ?
Ever thought about a suspension lift ?
Apart from the falcon; any suggestion for other vehicles to consider .
"Very educational" is how I would describe your eye opening videos .
We only need to look at the cars used after the horse and buggy days and where they actually went to realise a 2wd car can a long way off road when just a little common sense used .
Thank you muchly :)
Thanks for the great feedback! We will focus on our audio a bit more...
It is sad we have moved away from the standard Holden/Ford for everything days and become so dependent on having all of the gear. I have found the tracks are still very 2wd friendly the further you get from civilisation and the people are more positive towards the attitudes on vehicle choice.
Clearance is the big one. Older road cars had so much more standard. We have found all the cars in our videos car get to where we need with the current clearance. Plus I like the low centre of gravity and not drawing too much attention on road.
White wagon has standard diff ratio and gold wagon has upgraded 4.11 diff ratio which makes car torquier at low speed and easier to crawl over rocks. But car does rev higher on highway. Red car has even lower 4.44 ratio which helps further. Diff locks we found more helpful then 4wd on chewed up tracks where you can lift wheels. 29” tyres are sufficient on 2wds for what we do and 27” tyres on the awds. All on 15” rims as the smallest rims we can fit.
We try to keep it informative as I feel that the knowledge is being lost as people rely on gear to get them through.
As for auto vs manual- greatly depends on the vehicle, but in most modern case I would say the auto wins. For vehicles without lose range, such as Falcons, you definitely want auto as the gearing isn’t good enough to crawl over rocks without giving the clutch a hard time. Subarus on the other hand run completely different awd systems on autos and manuals. I prefer the way the manual system is better and has more upgrades so I believe a modified manual is best. For stock Subaru gearbox I would probably say auto.
@@underdogoffroad9847 Thanks the feed back -- very helpful food for thought as I ponder the move back --- sorry; forward .
Are there any ''off road 2wd'' facebook groups you know of --- or start such a group ;)
@@ianbrowne9304 2wd and AWD Off Road Adventures Straya is a good community of similar vehicles. There is also Off-road Falcon Club which is Falcon specific. Safari All of the Cars has interesting builds but more over the top
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