Off Road Adventures Magazine

April 2009
Events
April 2009 | By Eric Heiden
The team recently acquired the crew chief talents of racing veteran Randy Miller, additional sponsorship from Thunder Express Trucking, and a new ATK/Gearhead race motor. These new additions allowed the team to work their way up to second place in points going into the last race. So, needless to say, the Four Wheel Parts/Gadzooks Racing team showed up in Henderson Nevada locked and loaded...
Feature Vehicles
April 2009 | By Chris Collard
A birds eye view reveals clean lines and attention to detail. The spare tire shares real estate with air tanks and a Hi-Lift jack and jerry can complement the gunnels while the center-mounted fuel tank and toolbox tuck neatly against the cab.   When we ran into Dirk Blount and his killer Chevy Silverado on Pritchett Canyon during the 2007 Easter Jeep Safari, we knew it would make a great feature for Off Road Adventures...
How-To Tech
April 2009 | By Mike Anson
New bumper brackets and fasteners are supplied with the Fab Fours winch front bumper kit. There is an old saying in the off road community that having four-wheel drive is good for an additional 50-feet. The meaning: an aggressive driver will get stuck just 50 feet further down the trail than the driver of a two-wheel drive rig...
Product Reviews
April 2009 | By Steve Temple
  Phoenix-based Airaid started manufacturing air intake systems for light trucks and SUVs about a dozen years ago. By 2002, the company introduced a premium system incorporating new materials and technologies that improved on the traditional cotton-gauze performance filter. The heart of the intake system is the air filter with multiple layers of surgical-quality cotton gauze supplemented with an additional layer of nano-fiber synthetic, SynthaFlow, sandwiched between either stainless steel or aluminum mesh, depending on the vehicle application...