Whenever I do tire changes or ecu tuning I verify the speedo against gps up to 80, there are free apps on the Google play store that do this well. Most Speedos are off around 2%, the ktuner tsx map was off 7% and I used gps to correct it.
According to Tire Rack your grabbers are 28.1 diameter and the factory tires are 26.3 so you should have gained half of that in height .9 inches. I would really like to do the CTG in 245 65 17 which are 29.1 but the width may be an issue without at least 2 inches lift.
The awd system and unibody is a direct descendant of the version that won it's class at the Baja 1000 - they also added bigger tires for ground clearance and grip to help it. - that year the RL beat a Hummer h3, FJ Cruiser, and a Dodge ram - the next year they did even better - unfortunately the class cheating was too much and they went to a higher class with so much more HP that the awd system can't handle baja anymore at those speeds and tq levels, they did end up runing the MDX SH-AWD at some point as it replaced the front and center units with electronic ones.
"While we've been
liveblogging the inaugural run of Ford's F-150 Raptor R race truck in the 41st SCORE Baja 1000 race in Baja, Mexico, Honda race driver Gavin Skilton and his #779 Ridgeline racked up their first-ever Baja 1000 victory, in the Stock Mini Class.
This year's Baja 1000 Stock Mini Class was extremely competitive, though there were only a few entrants. Fighting the #779 Ridgeline hardest were racers Rod Hall in the #760 Hummer H3 SUV and Ryan Millen in the #762 Toyota FJ Cruiser. According to the gripping post-race account on
Rod Hall Racing's blog, Skilton and Millen traded the first and second spots for most of the race until the FJ hit a boulder that ripped its front end off a few miles from the finish line. Skilton got stuck in silt up to the Ridgeline's doors just after the FJ's wipeout. This gave Hall a chance to gain lost ground, until Mopar driver Kent Kroeker and his Stock full-size #862 Dodge Ram pulled the #779 Ridgeline out of the sand. Skilton flew from there to victory. Hall snagged the overall season title in the SCORE Stock Mini Class.
The Ridgeline completed the grueling desert endurance race in 21 hours, 22 minutes, at an average speed of 29.54 mph.
The
Honda Ridgeline unibody pickup has been racing in the Baja 1000 since 2005. Most of the truck remains stock except for the front and rear suspensions. Custom King springs and shocks are attached to fit the stock MacPherson strut front suspension and multilink independent rear end. The 3.5-liter V-6 and five-speed automatic transmission have been tweaked by Honda Racing. The driveline uses the Ridgeline's standard variable torque management four-wheel-drive system.
Congratulations on the Baja 1000 win, Honda and Gavin Skilton!"
Congrats to Honda Racing and Gavin Skilton for taking their first victory in the SCORE Baja 1000 with the Honda Ridgeline unibody pickup.
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