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05-15-2002, 08:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Norrbotten, Sweden
Primary Sled: 2001 MXZ 700
Where I sled: Northern Sweden
Posts: 359
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Today I've been out mudracing with my Niva 
Unfortunately our 35'' tires got quite stuck in half a meter of mud/clay, and so we did something awful to the clutch.. Gotta love the smell of a burning clutch... But after that I really didn't think it was necessary for it to completely stop working 
Oh well at least we had some hours of fun with our new little toy.. Now we're thinking of putting in a 2.6 ltr Ford v6 engine to double the horsepowers that we have now..
Interesting? Maybe not, just thought I'd tell you about my day
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- 1973 Alpine 440ER
- 1973 Elan 250SS
- 1974 Elan 640
- 2001 MXZ 700
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05-15-2002, 09:09 PM
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#2
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Apsley, Ontario
Mileage: 4406 Miles
Primary Sled: 2007 Ski-doo MXZ 600SDI Black/Yellow
Where I sled: Paudash, TATA & Northern Corridor
Posts: 8,771
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My brother & I used to play in the mud with our trucks back in the 80s. He got married & I got tired of spending more money & time wrenching it than driving.
He had a 84 GMC shortbox stepside with 44 inch Mudders on it. Don't ask me how much lift he had. 3" body lift.
My truck was an 82 GMC shortbox fleetside. I had 38s on it. 2 inch body lift & 6 inch suspension lift. I'll post a picture when I get a chance.
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05-16-2002, 01:01 AM
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#3
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Pete @ Watertown,WI
Primary Sled: 05 MXZX 600 SDI ~Black~
Where I sled: Wisconsin and da U.P.
Posts: 3,522
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nico,I did not know that Ford made a 2.6L V-6 engine.Must be one of those Euro ones ?
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05-16-2002, 09:40 AM
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#4
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Norrbotten, Sweden
Primary Sled: 2001 MXZ 700
Where I sled: Northern Sweden
Posts: 359
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revrnd, would like to see a picture! we'll spend a lot of time wrenching and stuff on this thing. I can't express how suprised we were that the engine actually started at once. You should see this car, it's a pile of rust mixed with mud that we bought for around $300, and $200 more for the tires and new tubes.
Also driving this thing is kind of expensive even without having to buy new parts, the fuel! we consumed about 18 liters, and with those we've been going up some hills, and went thru about 100-150 meters of deep mud 4 times. I think those few meters took about 3 liters each time or something
mxz7, the co-owner of the "car" said that's what we should get, and I just assume it exists then.. He said it might even fit in, in some way  And it could of course be that it's only used here in Europe.
Quite annoying is that today it's been raining all day so there'll be lots of mud available, and now we don't have a car and no time to fix it until after the weekend
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- 1973 Alpine 440ER
- 1973 Elan 250SS
- 1974 Elan 640
- 2001 MXZ 700
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05-20-2002, 09:02 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Norrbotten, Sweden
Primary Sled: 2001 MXZ 700
Where I sled: Northern Sweden
Posts: 359
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here's a pic of our monster
could it be the ugliest car ever?
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- 1973 Alpine 440ER
- 1973 Elan 250SS
- 1974 Elan 640
- 2001 MXZ 700
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05-20-2002, 01:05 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: 47.29.33.32N 92.51.53.38W; 1552ft
Primary Sled: '95
Where I sled: around here
Posts: 3,183
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I was wondering what a Niva is.
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05-20-2002, 01:39 PM
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#7
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Norrbotten, Sweden
Primary Sled: 2001 MXZ 700
Where I sled: Northern Sweden
Posts: 359
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It's the model name..
Vaz Niva... Russian quality cars since who knows when
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- 1973 Alpine 440ER
- 1973 Elan 250SS
- 1974 Elan 640
- 2001 MXZ 700
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05-20-2002, 01:59 PM
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#8
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Apsley, Ontario
Mileage: 4406 Miles
Primary Sled: 2007 Ski-doo MXZ 600SDI Black/Yellow
Where I sled: Paudash, TATA & Northern Corridor
Posts: 8,771
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Performance X, Lada sold them here in Canada for a few years. A very, very basic SUV (No offense Nico) I knew a couple of guys who used them for giung to there hunting camps. Not close to a Escalade * 
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05-20-2002, 08:51 PM
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#9
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Regina, Sask
Posts: 1,484
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yepppp!!!!!!pretty ugly!!!! but looks and sounds like fun! 
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05-20-2002, 09:41 PM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Norrbotten, Sweden
Primary Sled: 2001 MXZ 700
Where I sled: Northern Sweden
Posts: 359
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I know it's not that much of a car, but we know we have the low-budget mudracing vehicle
This way we have more cash left for crossbikes and folkracing cars * 
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- 1973 Alpine 440ER
- 1973 Elan 250SS
- 1974 Elan 640
- 2001 MXZ 700
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