towing with legnum

[Guest]

as the title says guys i wanna tow a car with the legnum, do you all think it will be up to the task..
the car i want to tow will be the track car, series 2 rx7 so its light as.
i know Brian (kiwibstrokes) has put a tow bar on his legnum but i would like to know if anyone has tryed to tow a car or has any info bout the legnum and towing..

 

[snickells]

I'm sure I've seen a picture of a Legnum towing a massive boat, so I'm sure you'll be fine.

I wonder if the tow-bar's come with recommended weight limits?

 

[mookers]

Didn't bradc tow a Legnum with a Legnum once?

 

[smohekey]

He did indeed. I've done the same, using an NA 6A13 to tow a VR4!

 

[Guest]

Yeah, there are pics on Club VR-4 to prove it. Although the tow car is an ST-R here.

http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38548

And, about that boat:

ask 'William' an NZ member on Club VR-4, he has a huge boat (2.5 tons) that he towed with an Auto Prefacelift Legnum. He found that the box would overheat, so he got a transmission cooler installed. Now he has a Manual Facelift Legnum and definately prefers that for towing the boat.

 

[VR4Rocket]

Just make sure you have a gas station every 10km.....lol

 

[VR-04-TT]

There is a legal limit to the weight your car can tow. I can't remember it specifically but it came to roughly around 3/4 the weight of the tow car.

 

[VR4sum]

Just make sure you have a gas station every 10km.....lol

LOL! GOLD!

 

[mookers]

If there is a 75% weight limit I suppose you'd have a hard time getting away with towing another Legnum... lol

"It's stripped out, officer. Really!"

 

[bradc]

The ST-R really didn't have enough power to do it to be honest. The Turquoise VR-4 is about to be turned into a tow car for a 22ft boat with a 350ci v8 in it, so that could be a bit of fun.

 

[MasqUAP]

Does it significantly alter the design of the towbar, or do they all look pretty much the same when bolted on? This is for instance as compared to the $750 towbar people keep talking about in another thread?

-Dave-

 

[smohekey]

The Turquoise VR-4 is about to be turned into a tow car for a 22ft boat with a 350ci v8 in it, so that could be a bit of fun.

Please tell me you mean the VR-4 is getting the 350ci v8 in it!!

 

[Macca]

Please tell me you mean the VR-4 is getting the 350ci v8 in it!!

what would you want to do something stupid like that for? hahaha

 

[bradc]

Hell no The VR-4 might get a boost controller though to give it some more mid range torque, depends on how well it goes towing the boat.

 

[Guest]

thanks for all the in put guys. the rx7 weighs just a touch over 1000kg stock, plus the trailer i think it will be fine..
my legnum is manual so i dont think ill have any drama's...

hey brad can i borrow the BMW V8 for my rx7, would hammer.lol

 

[Tom]

That'll be the third RX7 I know of getting a non-rotary whacked in to it

 

[bradc]

google 850CSi, it has a real engine

 

[Scottie]

Isn't the beemer a V12???

 

[Macca]

Thats not a real engine, THESE are real engines

 

[kiwibstokes]

Hey joe, if the trailer is braked you should have no problem, it didn't towing a 1000kg + tradie trailer around for a few months and it also coped towing my mates ski boat which is about 1500kg too both were braked trailers, just got to go easy on the clutch coz the amount of power in the engine and the weight being pulled thats the weak spot. My towbar was rated at 1000kg because of that reason didn't matter tho, in a auto surely would be more