FOR THE DUAL CAB T3 FANS

T3 AT HIGHWAY CRUISING SPEED FULLY LOADED.
HOSE OUT JOB. OUCH.

Before all the T3 owners panic, read this:

There is a lot of misinformation in the comments. It is indeed a German-built VW T3 but this is NOT an actual standard test. The truck is loaded with several tons of cargo and run at 120 km/h, twice that of standard crash testing. Twice the speed squared times twice the normal weight equals EIGHT times the kinetic energy. This was a "just for the heck of it" event at the opening of a new test facitlity, it was never intended to go public.

Regards,

Matt.

Matt Ryan wrote:Before all the T3 owners panic, read this:

There is a lot of misinformation in the comments. It is indeed a German-built VW T3 but this is NOT an actual standard test. The truck is loaded with several tons of cargo and run at 120 km/h, twice that of standard crash testing. Twice the speed squared times twice the normal weight equals EIGHT times the kinetic energy. This was a "just for the heck of it" event at the opening of a new test facitlity, it was never intended to go public.

Regards,

Matt.

Well done Matt,that certainly pulled the rug from under that negative post!😂

I believe it states "highway speed & fully loaded."🙄
some other standard tests for balance.

i understand the test wasn't "for the heck of it" but it was to test the test equipment, much the same way air tanks are way over filled for divers and chains are over loaded with weights, that way the quality and construction CAN be fully guaranteed. we dont see the measurements for the ground equipment, but i'll bet it was about zero, meaning that the full force of any collision can be measured and recorded correctly without any loss thru the test equipment itself.
its a shame they left the hood and bows on the back of that truck because then we could have clearly seen the concrete in the back.

well,,, i`ll just reposition the drivers seat & begin driving from the cargo bay area, problem solvered :-)

Install a 6-speed Subaru box (without reversing the diff) and a Subaru boxer-6 engine, turn the driver's seat around, move the steering wheel and you have a reliable, fast, strange, crashworthy 3T negawskloV.

hth

I'd like to see the same done to one of those Great Wall utes, don't think there would be much left 😂

I would prefer to be in a T3 than any Jap Van of the same vintage. have a look at some of their crash tests.

modulus wrote:Install a 6-speed Subaru box (without reversing the diff) and a Subaru boxer-6 engine, turn the driver's seat around, move the steering wheel and you have a reliable, fast, strange, crashworthy 3T negawskloV.

hth

now don`t tease me,,, that would then be front wheel drive

Hhhmmmm

:-)